Detection and identification of Yersinia pestis by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using multiplex primers

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 773-775

  Tsukano, Hiroko ^a   Itoh, Ken Ichiro ^a   Suzuki, Sosuke ^b   Watanabe, Haruo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b Yokohama Quarantine Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Multiplex primers; PCR; Virulence genes; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0029957918     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb01140.x     Document Type: Article

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