Comparison of the abbott m2000 realtime CT assay and the cepheid genexpert CT/NG assay to the roche amplicor CT assay for detection of chlamydia trachomatis in ocular samples from Tanzania

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1611-1613

  Dize, Laura ^a   West, Sheila ^a   Williams, James A ^b   Van Der Pol, Barbara ^b,c   Quinn, Thomas C ^a,d   Gaydos, Charlotte A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PLASMID DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; DIAGNOSTIC KIT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EYE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TRACHOMA;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA;

EID: 84876759699     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00519-13     Document Type: Article

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