Preliminary validation of real-time PCR assays for the identification of Yersinia pestis

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1239-1244

  Tomaso, Herbert ^a   Jacob, Daniela ^b   Eickhoff, Meike ^c   Scholz, Holger C ^a   Al Dahouk, Sascha ^d   Kattar, Mireille M ^e   Reischl, Udo ^f   Plicka, Helga ^g   Olsen, Jaran Strand ^h   Nikkari, Simo ⁱ   Matero, Pirjo ⁱ   Beuret, Christian ^j   Ciammaruconi, Andrea ^k   Lista, Florigio ^k   Gala, Jean Luc ^l   Broll, Hermann ^m   Appel, Bernd ⁿ   Sellek Cano, Ricela E ⁿ   Ybarra De Villavicencio, Maria Del Carmen ⁿ   Broekhuijsen, Martien ^o   Indra, Alexander ^p   Petersen, Roger ^q   Neubauer, Heinrich ^r   more..

^a BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c QIAGEN GMBH   (Germany)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^f UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^g ABCUT   (Austria)

^h NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

ⁱ Center for Military Medicine   (Finland)

^j SPIEZ LABORATORY   (Switzerland)

^k Army Medical and Veterinary Research Center   (Italy)

^l Clos Chapelle aux Champs   (Belgium)

^m FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

ⁿ Unidad Biológica NBQ   (Spain)

^o TNO   (Netherlands)

^p AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^q TIB MOLBIOL GmbH   (Germany)

^r FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Real time PCR; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS; LABORATORIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 51849136926     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.251     Document Type: Article

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