Rapid laboratory confirmation of human brucellosis by PCR analysis of a target sequence on the 31-kilodalton Brucella antigen DNA

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 477-478

  Matar, Ghassan M ^a   Khneisser, Issam A ^a   Abdelnoor, Alex M ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

EID: 0030025469     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.2.477-478.1996     Document Type: Article

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