Confirmation of anthrax occurrence using real-time PCR

Biologia - Section Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 803-807

  Dókušová, Lucia ^a   Sirági, Peter ^a   Klement, Cyril ^a   Schréter, Ivan ^b   Kristian, Pavol ^b   Jarčuška, Pavel ^b   Virág, Ladislav ^b  

^a Regional Authority of Public Health   (Slovakia)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Anthrax after more than 20 years; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 14844323185     PISSN: 13356399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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