Two-component direct fluorescent-antibody assay for rapid identification of Bacillus anthracis

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1060-1065

  De Barun, K ^a,c   Bragg, Sandra L ^a   Sanden, Gary N ^a   Wilson, Kathy E ^a   Diem, Lois A ^a   Marston, Chung K ^a   Hoffmaster, Alex R ^a   Barnett, Gwen A ^a   Weyant, Robbin S ^a   Abshire, Teresa G ^a   Ezzell, John W ^b   Popovic, Tanja ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL SUSPENSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036775710     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0810.020392     Document Type: Article

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