Molecular analysis of Francisella tularensis subspecies tularensis and holarctica

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 926-935

  Fey, P D ^a   Dempsey, Major M P ^b,c   Olson, M E ^a   Chrustowski, M S ^b   Engle, J L ^b   Jay, J J ^b   Dobson, M E ^b   Kalasinsky, K S ^b   Shea, A A ^b   Iwen, P C ^a   Wickert, R C ^a   Francesconi, S C ^b   Crawford, R M ^b   Hinrichs, S H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c Air Force Surgeon General Directorate of Modernization   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplified fragment length polymorphism; Francisella tularensis; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Raman spectroscopy; Ribotyping; multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis; Subspecies identification; Tularemia

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA HOLARCTICA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; RIBOTYPING; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; TULAREMIA;

BACTERIAL DNA;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; RIBOTYPING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; TULAREMIA;

EID: 38049086634     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/JN3NTHK4VVWKJT4A     Document Type: Article

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