Assessment of real-time PCR assay for detection of Rickettsia spp. and Rickettsia rickettsii in banked clinical samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 314-417

  Kato, Cecilia Y ^a   Chung, Ida H ^a   Robinson, Lauren K ^a   Austin, Amy L ^a,b   Dasch, Gregory A ^a   Massunga, Robert F ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Laboratory Preparedness and Response Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VALIDITY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

EID: 84871687684     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01723-12     Document Type: Article

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