Conventional polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of neurotoxoplasmosis: Comparison of three sets of primers for the B1 gene using CSF samples

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 150-154

  Alfonso, Yenisey ^a   Fraga, Jorge ^a   Cox, Raymundo ^a   Jiménez, Narciso ^a   Capó, Virginia ^a   Pomier, Olga ^a   Fonseca, Carlos ^a   Bandera, Francisco ^a   Dorta Contreras, Alberto J ^b   Calá, Vianka ^a   Ginorio, Dora ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b Central Laboratory of Cerebrospinal Fluid (LABCEL)   (Cuba)

Author keywords

CSF; Diagnosis; HIV; Neurotoxoplasmosis; PCR; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; B1 GENE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTOXOPLASMOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 84872493208     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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