A field investigation of Bacillus anthracis contamination of U.S. Department of agriculture and other Washington, D.C., buildings during the anthrax attack of October 2001

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 593-599

  Higgins, James A ^a   Cooper, Mary ^a   Schroeder Tucker, Linda ^a   Black, Scott ^a   Miller, David ^a   Karns, Jeffrey S ^a   Manthey, Erlynn ^a   Breeze, Roger ^a   Perdue, Michael L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CELL CULTURE; DNA; GENES; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT;

MOBILE LABORATORIES (ML);

MICROBIOLOGY;

PROTEIN; PROTEIN CAPA; PROTEIN PXO1; PROTEIN VRR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; TERRORISM;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BUILDING; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DNA EXTRACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUGGEDIZED ADVANCED PATHOGEN IDENFICATION DEVICE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037228945     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.1.593-599.2003     Document Type: Article

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