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. 2002 Mar;40(3):1119-20.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.3.1119-1120.2002.

Quantitative detection of Tropheryma whipplei DNA by real-time PCR

Florence Fenollar, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Didier Raoult, Rene Gérolami, Hubert Lepidi, Claire Poyart

Quantitative detection of Tropheryma whipplei DNA by real-time PCR

Florence Fenollar et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Mar.
No abstract available

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FIG. 1.
Detection of T. whipplei DNA using the LightCycler technique performed with 16S-23S rDNA(ITS)-derived primers. The amplification of copies of the DNA of 104 copies from DNA standard T. whipplei (1), positive duodenal biopsy from patient 2 (2), positive duodenal biopsy from patient 6 (3), 10 copies from DNA standard T. whipplei (4), a negative duodenal biopsy from control group (5), uninfected cells using as negative control (6).
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