Evaluation of the BD ProbeTec et system for direct detection of Mycobacterium bovis in veterinary specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3434-3435

  Bean, David C ^a,b   Hills, Andrea ^a   Ryan, Terry ^c   Aitken, John ^a  

^a Inward Bound Ltd   (New Zealand)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c New Zealand Food Safety Authority   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CATTLE DISEASE; COW; DEER; LYMPH NODE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; DEER; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

BOVINAE; CERVIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 35348893267     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00682-07     Document Type: Article

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