Correction: One-step multiplex PCR assay for detecting Streptococcus pneumoniae serogroups/types covered by 13-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV13) (PLoS ONE (2012 ) 7, 12, (e50406) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050406);One-Step Multiplex PCR Assay for Detecting Streptococcus pneumoniae Serogroups/Types Covered by 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV13)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Coskun Ari, Fatma Filiz ^a   Guldemir, Dilek ^a   Durmaz, Riza ^a,b  

^a Public Health Institution of Turkey   (Turkey)

^b KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84870741316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124466     Document Type: Erratum

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