Characterization and multicentric validation of a common standard for Toxoplasma gondii detection using nucleic acid amplification assays

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3952-3959

  Varlet Marie, Emmanuelle ^a,b,c   Sterkers, Yvon ^a,b   Brenier Pinchart, Marie Pierre ^b,d   Cassaing, Sophie ^b,e   Dalle, Frédéric ^b,f   Delhaes, Laurence ^b,g   Filisetti, Denis ^b,h   Pelloux, Hervé ^b,d   Touafek, Fériel ^b,i   Yera, Hélène ^b,j   Bastien, Patrick ^a,b  

^a MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Pole Biologie Moleculaire du Centre National de Reference de la Toxoplasmose   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^e TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^g UNIV LILLE   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

ⁱ PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^j UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FREEZE DRYING; GENOME ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOAD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FRANCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; STANDARD; STANDARDS; TOXOPLASMA; VALIDATION STUDY;

FRANCE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PARASITE LOAD; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 84908325603     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01906-14     Document Type: Article

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