A 22-mer primer enhances discriminatory power of AP-PCR fingerprinting technique in characterization of leptospires

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1203-1209

  Roy, Subarna ^a   Biswas, Debabrata ^a   Vijayachari, P ^a   Sugunan, A P ^a   Sehgal, Subhash C ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction; Characterization; Discrimination; Leptospira

Indexed keywords

HEALTH MONITORING; LEPTOSPIROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARBITRARILY PRIMED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI; LEPTOSPIRA NOGUCHII; LEPTOSPIRA SANTAROSAI; LEPTOSPIRA WEILII; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIMED IN SITU LABELING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI; LEPTOSPIRA NOGUCHII; LEPTOSPIRA SANTAROSAI; LEPTOSPIRA WEILII;

EID: 9644259066     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01322.x     Document Type: Article

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