Diagnostic procedures in tularaemia with special focus on molecular and immunological techniques

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 249-261

  Splettstoesser, W D ^a,b   Tomaso, H ^b   Al Dahouk, S ^b   Neubauer, H ^b   Schuff Werner, P ^a  

^a ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^b BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; TULAREMIA; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TULAREMIA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 32944467067     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: 14390450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2005.00863.x     Document Type: Review

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