Current laboratory methods for biological threat agent identification

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 661-678

  Henchal, E A ^a   Teska, J D ^a   Ludwig, G V ^a   Shoemaker, D R ^a   Ezzell, J W ^a  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; REAGENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BRUCELLA; BURKHOLDERIA; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SMALLPOX VIRUS; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA VIRUS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0034828827     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0272-2712(18)30027-1     Document Type: Review

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