Comparative assessment of a commercial kit and two laboratory-developed PCR assays for molecular diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3977-3982

  Morelle, Christelle ^a   Varlet Marie, Emmanuelle ^a   Brenier Pinchart, Marie Pierre ^b   Cassaing, Sophie ^c   Pelloux, Hervé ^b   Bastien, Patrick ^a   Sterkers, Yvon ^a  

^a MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

^c TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERIAL DILUTION ASSAY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL;

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84869227305     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01959-12     Document Type: Article

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