Comparison of Two Quantitative Real Time PCR Assays for Rickettsia Detection in Patients from Tunisia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Znazen, Abir ^a   Sellami, Hanen ^a   Elleuch, Emna ^b   Hattab, Zouhour ^c   Ben Sassi, Laroussi ^d   Khrouf, Fatma ^e   Dammak, Hassen ^a   Letaief, Amel ^c   Ben Jemaa, Mounir ^b   Hammami, Adnene ^a  

^a HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^d Medical department Regional Hospital of Zarzis   (Tunisia)

^e PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; TUNISIA; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; TUNISIA; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE;

EID: 84924063012     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003487     Document Type: Article

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