Leptospirosis diagnosis by immunocapture polymerase chain reaction: a new tool for early diagnosis and epidemiologic surveillance.

Balassiano, Ilana Teruszkin; Vital-Brazil, Juliana Magalhães; Pereira, Martha Maria

Balassiano, Ilana Teruszkin; Vital-Brazil, Juliana Magalhães; Pereira, Martha Maria.

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Balassiano IT; Laboratório de Zoonoses Bacterianas, Centro de Referência Nacional para Leptospirose, WHO/PAHO Centro Colaborador para Leptospirose, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ilana@ioc.fiocruz.br

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis ; 74(1): 11-5, 2012 Sep.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22770775

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Bacteriological Techniques/methods; Leptospira/isolation & purification; Leptospirosis/diagnosis; Molecular Diagnostic Techniques/methods; Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods; Early Diagnosis; Epidemiological Monitoring; Humans; Immunoassay/methods; Leptospira/genetics; Leptospira/immunology; Sensitivity and Specificity

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Polymerase Chain Reaction / Bacteriological Techniques / Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Leptospira / Leptospirosis Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Evaluation_studies / Guideline / Screening_studies Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis Year: 2012 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Country of publication: United States

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