Diagnosis of Human Leptospirosis in a Clinical Setting: Real-Time PCR High Resolution Melting Analysis for Detection of Leptospira at the Onset of Disease:

Currently, direct detection of Leptospira can be done in clinical laboratories by conventional and by real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). We tested a biobank of paired samples of serum and urine from the same patient (202 patients) presenting at the hospital in an area endemic for leptospirosis using qRT-PCR f...

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Main Author: Esteves, Lisa M. (author)
Other Authors: Bulhões, Sara M. (author), Branco, Claudia C. (author), T, Carreira (author), Vieira, Maria L. (author), Gomes-Solecki, Maria (author), Mota-Vieira, Luisa (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/116845
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/116845