A Comparison of Ligase Chain Reaction to
Polymerase Chain Reaction in the Detection of
Chlamydia trachomatis Endocervical Infections

J. D. Davis; P. K. Riley; C. W. Peters; K. H. Rand

doi:10.1155/S1064744998000143

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 1998)

A Comparison of Ligase Chain Reaction to Polymerase Chain Reaction in the Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis Endocervical Infections

J. D. Davis,
P. K. Riley,
C. W. Peters,
K. H. Rand

Affiliations

J. D. Davis: Division of Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida College of Medicine, PO BoX 100294, Room M-302E, Gainesville, FL 32610-0294, USA
P. K. Riley: Division of Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida College of Medicine, PO BoX 100294, Room M-302E, Gainesville, FL 32610-0294, USA
C. W. Peters: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA
K. H. Rand: Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/S1064744998000143
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 2
pp. 57 – 60

Abstract

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Objective: To compare the reliability of ligase chain reaction (LCR) to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in detecting Chlamydia trachomatis endocervical infections.

Published in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7281

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