Biosensors for biological warfare agent detection

Defence Science Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 185-193

  Pohanka, Miroslav ^a,b   Skládal, Petr ^b   Kroèa, Michal ^a  

^a Central Military Institute of Health   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biological warfare agents; Biosensors; Electrochemical biosensors; Optical biosensors; Piezoelectric biosensors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHEMICAL WARFARE; ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS (BWA); FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BIOSENSORS;

EID: 34249319788     PISSN: 0011748X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14429/dsj.57.1760     Document Type: Article

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