Gene target selection for loop-mediated isothermal amplification for rapid discrimination of Treponema pallidum subspecies

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Knauf, Sascha ^a   Lüert, Simone ^a   Šmajs, David ^b   Strouhal, Michal ^b   Chuma, Idrissa S ^a,c   Frischmann, Sieghard ^d   Bakheit, Mohammed ^d  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^d Mast Diagnostica GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; YAWS;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; YAWS;

EID: 85045024989     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006396     Document Type: Article

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