Detection of Babesia microti parasites by highly sensitive 18S rRNA reverse transcription PCR

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 226-228

  Hanron, Amelia E ^a   Billman, Zachary P ^a   Seilie, Annette M ^a   Chang, Ming ^a   Murphy, Sean C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Babesia; Clinical microbiology; Diagnostics; RT PCR; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VASCULARIZATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CROSS INFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEROLOGY;

BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 85008211340     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.11.021     Document Type: Article

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