The development of tools for diagnosis of tularemia and typing of Francisella tularensis

APMIS

Volumn 112, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 898-907

  Johansson, Anders ^a,b   Forsman, Mats ^b   Sjöstedt, Anders ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tools; Francisella tularensis; Tularemia; Typing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TULAREMIA; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FINLAND; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SWEDEN; TULAREMIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 12744275027     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2004.apm11211-1212.x     Document Type: Review

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