Development and accuracy of quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction assays for detection and quantification of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) heat labile and heat stable toxin genes in travelers' diarrhea samples

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 124-132

  Youmans, Bonnie P ^a   Ajami, Nadim J ^a   Jiang, Zhi Dong ^b   Petrosino, Joseph F ^a   DuPont, Herbert L ^b   Highlander, Sarah K ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; RNA 16S;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALLELE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE DOSAGE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; TRAVEL;

EID: 84892758990     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0383     Document Type: Article

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