Evaluation of the biological sampling kit (BiSKit) for large-area surface sampling

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 7040-7045

  Buttner, Mark P ^a   Cruz, Patricia ^a   Stetzenbach, Linda D ^a   Klima Comba, Amy K ^a   Stevens, Vanessa L ^a   Emanuel, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Critical Reagents Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BIOASSAY; CONTAMINATION; IMMUNOLOGY; WOOD LAMINATES;

FOAM-BASED SWAB; IMMUNOASSAY; METAL SURFACES;

MICROORGANISMS;

METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGEN; SAMPLING;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BACILLUS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; IMMUNOASSAY; METALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WOOD;

AEROSOLS; BIOLOGICAL TESTS; MICROORGANISMS; PATHOGENS; POLLUTION; WOOD;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 10444233647     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.12.7040-7045.2004     Document Type: Article

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