Application of a multiplex PCR assay for the detection of gastrointestinal pathogens in a rural African setting

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Eibach, Daniel ^a   Krumkamp, Ralf ^a,b   Hahn, Andreas ^a,b   Sarpong, Nimako ^c   Adu Sarkodie, Yaw ^d   Leva, Amelie ^e   Käsmaier, Julia ^a   Panning, Marcus ^e   May, Jürgen ^a,b   Tannich, Egbert ^a,b  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)   (Germany)

^c KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

^d KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal infections; Ghana; Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction; West Africa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; VIRUS RNA;

BACTERIUM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GENETICS; GHANA; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NOROVIRUS; ODDS RATIO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTAVIRUS; SHIGELLA; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NOROVIRUS; ODDS RATIO; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; SHIGELLA;

EID: 84963568121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1481-7     Document Type: Article

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