CRISPR is an optimal target for the design of specific PCR assays for salmonella enterica serotypes Typhi and Paratyphi A.

• Hoofdauteurs: Laetitia Fabre (Auteur), Simon Le Hello (Auteur), Chrystelle Roux (Auteur), Sylvie Issenhuth-Jeanjean (Auteur), François-Xavier Weill (Auteur)
• Formaat: Boek
• Gepubliceerd in: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: Serotype-specific PCR assays targeting Salmonella enterica serotypes Typhi and Paratyphi A, the causal agents of typhoid and paratyphoid fevers, are required to accelerate formal diagnosis and to overcome the lack of typing sera and, in some situations, the need for culture. However, the...