Development of lyophilized loop-mediated isothermal amplification reagents for the detection of Leptospira

Military Medicine

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 227-231

  Chen, Hua Wei ^a,b   Weissenberger, Giulia ^a,b   Ching, Wei Mei ^a,b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84979034887     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-15-00149     Document Type: Article

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