A Real-Time Fluorescence Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for the Identification of Yersinia pestis Using a Field-Deployable Thermocycler

Military Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 852-855

  McAvin, James C ^a,b   McConathy, Marlana A ^a   Rohrer, Andrew J ^c   Huff, William B ^a   Barnes, William J ^a   Lohman, Kenton L ^a  

^a Air Force Institute for Operational Health   (United States)

^b Molecular Epidemiology   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DEVICE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0142152667     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/168.10.852     Document Type: Article

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