Rapid diagnosis of respiratory Chlamydia pneumoniae infection by nested touchdown polymerase chain reaction compared with culture and antigen detection by EIA.

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Published in J Infect Dis on June 01, 1997

Authors

J Boman1, A Allard, K Persson, M Lundborg, P Juto, G Wadell

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Virology, University of Umeå, Sweden.

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