Detection of Francisella tularensis by the polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 477-482

  Zhai, Junhui ^a   Yang, Ruifu ^a   Lu, Jianchun ^a   Zhang, Songle ^a   Chen, Meiling ^a   Che, Fengxiang ^a   Cui, Hong ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TULAREMIA; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0013329717     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-45-6-477     Document Type: Article

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