Laboratory diagnosis and biosafety issues of biological warfare agents

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 455-466

  Nulens, E ^a   Voss, A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Biological warfare; Biosafety; Bioterrorism; Clostridium botulinum; Francisella tularensis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANTHRAX; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOSAFETY; BOTULISM; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GIEMSA STAIN; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG INFECTION; MATERIALS HANDLING; PLAGUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; RNA VIRUS; SEROLOGY; SKIN INFECTION; SMALLPOX; SMALLPOX VIRUS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; RNA VIRUSES; VARIOLA VIRUS; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0036669964     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2002.00528.x     Document Type: Review

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