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Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD In-house Editor
Hans Zauner
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Humoral response to HspX and GlcB to previous and recent infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Marcelo Fouad Rabahi, Ana Paula Junqueira-Kipnis, Michelle Cristina Guerreiro dos Reis, Walter Oelemann, Marcus Barreto Conde
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:148 (31December2007)
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Factors influencing cerebrospinal fluid and plasma HIV-1 RNA detection rate in patients with and without opportunistic neurological disease during the HAART era
Paulo P Christo, Dirceu B Greco, Agdemir W Aleixo, Jose A Livramento
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:147 (21December2007)
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The role of resuscitation promoting factors in pathogenesis and reactivation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during intra-peritoneal infection in mice
Sergey Biketov, Vasilii Potapov, Elena Ganina, Katrina Downing, Bavesh D Kana, Arseny Kaprelyants
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:146 (17December2007)
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Estimating past hepatitis C infection risk from reported risk factor histories: implications for imputing age of infection and modeling fibrosis progression
Peter Bacchetti, Phyllis C Tien, Eric C Seaberg, Thomas R O'Brien, Michael H Augenbraun, Alex H Kral, Michael P Busch, Brian R Edlin
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:145 (10December2007)
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Trends in influenza vaccination coverage rates in Germany over five seasons from 2001 to 2006
Majbrit V Holm, Patricia R Blank, Thomas D Szucs
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:144 (10December2007)
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Incidence of Human Herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) infection among HIV-uninfected individuals at high risk for sexually transmitted infections
Massimo Giuliani, Paola Cordiali-Fei, Concetta Castilletti, Aldo Di Carlo, Guido Palamara, Stefano Boros, Giovanni Rezza
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:143 (5December2007)
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Genetic variability of the P120' surface protein gene of Mycoplasma hominis isolates recovered from Tunisian patients with uro-genital and infertility disorders
Boutheina Ben Abdelmoumen Mardassi, Hajer Ayari, Awatef B jaoui-Khiari, Bhija Mlik, Imed Moalla, Faten Amouna
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:142 (5December2007)
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Influenza activity in Europe during eight seasons (1999 2007): an evaluation of the indicators used to measure activity and an assessment of the timing, length and course of peak activity (spread) across Europe
John Paget, Richard Marquet, Adam Meijer, Koos van der Velden
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:141 (30November2007)
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Culture-confirmed childhood tuberculosis in Cape Town, South Africa: a review of 596 cases
H Simon Schaaf, Ben J Marais, Andrew Whitelaw, Anneke C Hesseling, Brian Eley, Gregory D Hussey, Peter R Donald
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:140 (29November2007)
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Cytokine responses to Schistosoma haematobium in a Zimbabwean population: contrasting profiles for IFN- , IL-4, IL-5 and IL-10 with age
Francisca Mutapi, Georgina Winborn, Nicholas Midzi, Matthew Taylor, Takafira Mduluza, Rick M Maizels
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:139 (28November2007)
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Relationship between pp65 antigenemia levels and real-time quantitative DNA PCR for Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) management in immunocompromised patients
Elisabetta Cariani, Caterina P Pollara, Barbara Valloncini, Francesca Perandin, Carlo Bonfanti, Nino Manca
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:138 (23November2007)
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Procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive Protein (CRP) as severe systemic infection markers in febrile neutropenic adults
Karin SR Massaro, Silvia F Costa, Claudio Leone, Dalton AF Chamone
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:137 (22November2007)
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Differential expression of viral PAMP receptors mRNA in peripheral blood of patients with chronic hepatitis C infection
Rafael Atencia, Francisco J Bustamante, Andrs Valdivieso, Arantza Arrieta, Marta Ri  n, Alvaro Prada, Natalia Maruri
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:136 (19November2007)
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Epidemiological and virological investigation of a Norovirus outbreak in a resort in Puglia, Italy
Caterina Rizzo, Ilaria Di Bartolo, Marilina Santantonio, Maria Francesca Coscia, Rosa Monno, Danila De Vito, Franco Maria Ruggeri, Giovanni Rizzo
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:135 (19November2007)
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The prognostic value of the suPARnostic ELISA in HIV-1 infected individuals is not affected by uPAR promoter polymorphisms
Uffe V Schneider, Rikke L Nielsen, Court Pedersen, Jesper Eugen-Olsen
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:134 (16November2007)
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Seroprevalence of HIV in pregnant women in North India: a tertiary care hospital based study
Swati Gupta, Richa Gupta, Sarman Singh
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:133 (15November2007)
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Hypothesis
A model to control the epidemic of H5N1 influenza at the source
Y Guan, H Chen, KS Li, S Riley, GM Leung, R Webster, JSM Peiris, KY Yuen
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:132 (13November2007)
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Expression of a Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase typical for familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis increases the vulnerability of neuroblastoma cells to infectious injury
Miriam Goos, Wolf-Dieter Zech, Manoj Kumar Jaiswal, Saju Balakrishnan, Sandra Ebert, Timothy Mitchell, Maria Teresa Carr , Bernhard U Keller, Roland Nau
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:131 (12November2007)
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The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Cuba: description and tentative explanation of its low HIV prevalence
Hctor de Arazoza, Jose Joanes, Rachid Lounes, Camille Legeai, Stphan Clmen on, Jorge Prez, Bertran Auvert
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:130 (9November2007)
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Ureaplasma urealyticum, Ureaplasma parvum, Mycoplasma hominis and Mycoplasma genitalium infections and semen quality of infertile men
Radhouane Gdoura, Wiem Kchaou, Chiraz Chaari, Abir Znazen, Leila Keskes, Tarek Rebai, Adnane Hammami
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:129 (8November2007)
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Association between Lactobacillus species and bacterial vaginosis-related bacteria, and bacterial vaginosis scores in pregnant Japanese women
Renuka Tamrakar, Takashi Yamada, Itsuko Furuta, Kazutoshi Cho, Mamoru Morikawa, Hideto Yamada, Noriaki Sakuragi, Hisanori Minakami
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:128 (7November2007)
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CMV quantitative PCR in the diagnosis of CMV disease in patients with HIV-infection a retrospective autopsy based study
Arne B Brantsaeter, Mona Holberg-Petersen, Stig Jeansson, Anne K Goplen, Johan N Bruun
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:127 (6November2007)
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Sentinel surveillance for travellers' diarrhoea in primary care
Gemma Northey, Meirion R Evans, Tinnu S Sarvotham, Daniel R Thomas, Tony J Howard
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:126 (6November2007)
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Cyclical changes in seroprevalence of leptospirosis in California sea lions: endemic and epidemic disease in one host species?
James O Lloyd-Smith, Denise J Greig, Sharon Hietala, George S Ghneim, Lauren Palmer, Judy St Leger, Bryan T Grenfell, Frances MD Gulland
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:125 (6November2007)
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Effectiveness of DNA-recombinant anti-hepatitis B vaccines in blood donors: a cohort study
Emil Kupek, Denise ER de Souza, Andrea Petry
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:124 (6November2007)
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Parvovirus B19 infection in Tunisian patients with sickle-cell anemia and acute erythroblastopenia
Faouzi Regaya, Lassad Oussaief, Mohamed Bejaoui, Mongi Karoui, Mohamed Zili, Ridha Khelifa
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:123 (25October2007)
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Comparison of two interferon gamma release assays in the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease in The Gambia
Ifedayo MO Adetifa, Moses D Lugos, Abdulrahman Hammond, David Jeffries, Simon Donkor, Richard A Adegbola, Philip C Hill
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:122 (25October2007)
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Cost-sharing strategies combining targeted public subsidies with private-sector delivery achieve high bednet coverage and reduced malaria transmission in Kilombero Valley, southern Tanzania
GF Killeen, A Tami, J Kihonda, FO Okumu, ME Kotas, H Grundmann, N Kasigudi, H Ngonyani, V Mayagaya, R Nathan, S Abdulla, JD Charlwood, TA Smith, C Lengeler
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:121 (25October2007)
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Evaluation of immune response to Hepatitis B vaccine in health care workers at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan: an observational prospective study
Mohammad Zeeshan, Kauser Jabeen, Anita Nausheen Akbar Ali, Ailia Wilayat Ali, Saadia Z Farooqui, Vikram Mehraj, Afia Zafar
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:120 (25October2007)
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Effectiveness of the polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine among HIV-infected persons in Brazil: a case control study
Maria Amelia SM Veras, Wayne TA Enanoria, Euclides A Castilho, Arthur L Reingold
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:119 (23October2007)
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Vaccination with hemagglutinin or neuraminidase DNA protects BALB/c mice against influenza virus infection in presence of maternal antibody
Jianjun Chen, Fenghua Zhang, Fang Fang, Haiyan Chang, Ze Chen
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:118 (16October2007)
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Quantity of ethanol absorption after excessive hand disinfection using three commercially available hand rubs is minimal and below toxic levels for humans
Axel Kramer, Harald Below, Nora Bieber, Guenter Kampf, Cyril D Toma, Nils-Olaf Huebner, Ojan Assadian
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:117 (11October2007)
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Rapid diagnosis of experimental meningitis by bacterial heat production in cerebrospinal fluid
Andrej Trampuz, Andrea Steinhuber, Matthias Wittwer, Stephen L Leib
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:116 (10October2007)
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Molecular epidemiology of Hepatitis B virus genotypes in Pakistan
Muhammad Masroor Alam, Sohail Zahoor Zaidi, Salman Akbar Malik, Shahzad Shaukat, Asif Naeem, Salmaan Sharif, Mehar Angez, Javed Aslam Butt
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:115 (8October2007)
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Longer pregnancy and slower fetal development in women with latent "asymptomatic" toxoplasmosis
  rka Ka kov, Jaroslav Flegr
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:114 (4October2007)
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Predictors of incident herpes simplex virus type 2 infections in young women at risk for unintended pregnancy in San Francisco
Nicholas J Moss, Cynthia C Harper, Katherine Ahrens, Katherine Scott, Susan Kao, Nancy Padian, Tina Raine, Jeffrey D Klausner
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:113 (26September2007)
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Superficial and deep sternal wound infection after more than 9000 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG): incidence, risk factors and mortality
Abbas Salehi Omran, Abbasali Karimi, S Hossein Ahmadi, Setareh Davoodi, Mehrab Marzban, Namvar Movahedi, Kyomars Abbasi, Mohammad Ali Boroumand, Saeed Davoodi, Naghmeh Moshtaghi
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:112 (23September2007)
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In vitro evaluation of antibiotics' combinations for empirical therapy of suspected methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus severe respiratory infections
Lorenzo Drago, Elena De Vecchi, Lucia Nicola, Maria Rita Gismondo
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:111 (21September2007)
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Sp110 transcription is induced and required by Anaplasma phagocytophilum for infection of human promyelocytic cells
Jos de la Fuente, Ra l Manzano-Roman, Edmour F Blouin, Victoria Naranjo, Katherine M Kocan
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:110 (20September2007)
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Low tuberculosis notification in mountainous Vietnam is not due to low case detection: a cross-sectional survey
M Vree, NB Hoa, DN Sy, NV Co, FGJ Cobelens, MW Borgdorff
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:109 (19September2007)
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Common TNF- , IL-1 , PAI-1, uPA, CD14 and TLR4 polymorphisms are not associated with disease severity or outcome from Gram negative sepsis
Kristine Marie Jessen, Sarah Bjerre Lindboe, Anncatrine Luisa Petersen, Jesper Eugen-Olsen, Thomas Benfield
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:108 (18September2007)
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Enterococcal colonization of infants in a neonatal intensive care unit: associated predictors, risk factors and seasonal patterns
Markus Hufnagel, Cathrin Liese, Claudia Loescher, Mirjam Kunze, Heinrich Proempeler, Reinhard Berner, Marcus Krueger
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:107 (16September2007)
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Dynamics of C-reactive protein and white blood cell count in critically ill patients with nosocomial Gram positive vs. Gram negative bacteremia: a historical cohort study
Dominique M Vandijck, Eric A Hoste, Stijn I Blot, Pieter O Depuydt, Renaat A Peleman, Johan M Decruyenaere
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:106 (14September2007)
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Staphylococcus aureus intestinal colonization is associated with increased frequency of S. aureus on skin of hospitalized patients
Anita Bhalla, David C Aron, Curtis J Donskey
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:105 (11September2007)
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Acute childhood diarrhoea in northern Ghana: epidemiological, clinical and microbiological characteristics
Klaus Reither, Ralf Ignatius, Thomas Weitzel, Andrew Seidu-Korkor, Louis Anyidoho, Eiman Saad, Andrea Djie-Maletz, Peter Ziniel, Felicia Amoo-Sakyi, Francis Danikuu, Stephen Danour, Rowland N Otchwemah, Eckart Schreier, Ulrich Bienzle, Klaus Stark, Frank P Mockenhaupt
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:104 (6September2007)
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Comparative evaluation of (1, 3)--D-glucan, mannan and anti-mannan antibodies, and Candida species-specific snPCR in patients with candidemia
Fasahat F Alam, Abu S Mustafa, Zia U Khan
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:103 (4September2007)
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The prevalance, epidemiology and risk factors for onychomycosis in hemodialysis patients
G ven Kuvandik, Meryem  etin, Gultekin Genctoy, Mehmet Horoz, Mehmet Duru, Cenk Akcali, Salim Satar, Ahmet A Kiykim, Hasan Kaya
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:102 (30August2007)
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Meningitis registry of hospitalized cases in children: epidemiological patterns of acute bacterial meningitis throughout a 32-year period
Maria N Theodoridou, Vasiliki A Vasilopoulou, Erato E Atsali, Anastasia M Pangalis, Glyceria J Mostrou, Vassiliki P Syriopoulou, Christos S Hadjichristodoulou
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:101 (30August2007)
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Socio-demographic determinants of coinfections by HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses in central Italian prisoners
Giuseppe La Torre, Luca Miele, Giacomina Chiaradia, Alice Mannocci, Manuela Reali, Giovanni Gasbarrini, Elisabetta De Vito, Antonio Grieco, Walter Ricciardi
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:100 (30August2007)
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Utility of interferon- ELISPOT assay responses in highly tuberculosis-exposed patients with advanced HIV infection in South Africa
Stephen D Lawn, Nonzwakazi Bangani, Monica Vogt, Linda-Gail Bekker, Motasim Badri, Marjorie Ntobongwana, Hazel M Dockrell, Robert J Wilkinson, Robin Wood
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:99 (28August2007)
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Association of Escherichia coli O157:H7 tir polymorphisms with human infection
James L Bono, James E Keen, Michael L Clawson, Lisa M Durso, Michael P Heaton, William W Laegreid
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:98 (24August2007)
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A cluster of Candida krusei infections in a haematological unit
Timo Hautala, Irma Ik heimo, Heidi Husu, Marjaana Sily, Timo Siitonen, Pirjo Koistinen, Jaana Vuopio-Varkila, Markku Koskela, Pekka Kujala
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:97 (22August2007)
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The pathogen recognition sensor, NOD2, is variably expressed in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis
Sanjay Lala, Keertan Dheda, Jung-Su Chang, Jim F Huggett, Louise U Kim, Margaret A Johnson, Graham AW Rook, Satish Keshav, Alimuddin Zumla
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:96 (16August2007)
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Multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter infections in critically injured Canadian forces soldiers
Homer C Tien, Anthony Battad, Elizabeth A Bryce, Jeffrey Fuller, Michael Mulvey, Kathy Bernard, Ronald Brisebois, Jay J Doucet, Sandro B Rizoli, Robert Fowler, Andrew Simor
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:95 (14August2007)
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Nationwide trends in molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Finland, 19972004
Anne-Marie Kerttula, Outi Lyytikinen, Minna Kardn-Lilja, Salha Ibrahem, Saara Salmenlinna, Anni Virolainen, Jaana Vuopio-Varkila
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:94 (14August2007)
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Restaurant outbreak of Legionnaires' disease associated with a decorative fountain: an environmental and case-control study
Rosalyn E O'Loughlin, Lon Kightlinger, Matthew C Werpy, Ellen Brown, Valerie Stevens, Clark Hepper, Tim Keane, Robert F Benson, Barry S Fields, Matthew R Moore
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:93 (9August2007)
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Identification of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli isolated from infants and children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Sabrina J Moyo, Samwel Y Maselle, Mecky I Matee, Nina Langeland, Haima Mylvaganam
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:92 (9August2007)
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A rationale for continuing mass antibiotic distributions for trachoma
Kathryn J Ray, Travis C Porco, Kevin C Hong, David C Lee, Wondu Alemayehu, Muluken Melese, Takele Lakew, Elizabeth Yi, Jenafir House, Jaya D Chidambaram, John P Whitcher, Bruce D Gaynor, Thomas M Lietman
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:91 (7August2007)
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Analysis of multiple single nucleotide polymorphisms closely positioned in the ovine PRNP gene using linear fluorescent probes and melting curve analysis
David J French, Dominic Jones, David G McDowell, Jim A Thomson, Paul G Debenham
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:90 (3August2007)
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