Evaluation of qPCR-based assays for leprosy diagnosis directly in clinical specimens.

• Huvudskapare: Alejandra Nóbrega Martinez (Författare, medförfattare), Marcelo Ribeiro-Alves (Författare, medförfattare), Euzenir Nunes Sarno (Författare, medförfattare), Milton Ozório Moraes (Författare, medförfattare)
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• Publicerad: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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The increased reliability and efficiency of the quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) makes it a promising tool for performing large-scale screening for infectious disease among high-risk individuals. To date, no study has evaluated the specificity and sensitivity of different qPCR assays fo...