Development and validation of a rotor-gene real-time PCR assay for detection, identification, and quantification of Chlamydia trachomatis in a single reaction.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on January 01, 2006

Authors

Hamid Jalal1, Hannah Stephen, Martin D Curran, Janet Burton, Michelle Bradley, Christopher Carne

Author Affiliations

1: Clinical Microbiology & Public Health Laboratory, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK. hamid.jalal@addenbrookes.nhs.uk

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