Misidentification of Bordetella bronchiseptica as Bordetella pertussis using a newly described real-time PCR targeting the pertactin gene

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1608-1610

  Register, Karen B ^a   Nicholson, Tracy L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERTACTIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; FOWL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE PROBE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA INFECTIONS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS, BORDETELLA;

EID: 37249083530     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47511-0     Document Type: Article

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