Current Methods for the Rapid Diagnosis of Bioterrorism-Related Infectious Agents

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 817-842

  Fan, Jiang ^a   Kraft, Andrea J ^a   Henrickson, Kelly J ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital of Wisconsin ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BIOTERRORISM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE;

EID: 33749233867     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2006.08.002     Document Type: Review

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