Piezoelectric biosensor for a simple serological diagnosis of tularemia in infected European brown hares (Lepus europaeus)

Sensors

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2825-2834

  Pohanka, Miroslav ^a   Treml, František ^b   Hubálek, Martin ^c   Band'ouchová, Hana ^b   Beklová, Miroslava ^b   Pikula, Jiří ^b  

^a Center of Biological Defense   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Agglutination test; Experimental and natural infection; Francisella tularensis; Immunosensor; Reservoir host; Serology; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; BACTERIA; BIOSENSORS; IMMUNOSENSORS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; NATURAL INFECTION; SEROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

PIEZOELECTRICITY;

EID: 36849082385     PISSN: 14243210     EISSN: 14248220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s7112825     Document Type: Article

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