A small water-borne tularemia outbreak;Su kaynaklι küçük bir tularemi salgιnι

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-59

  Meriç, Meliha ^a   Sayan, Murat ^a   Willke, Ayşe ^a   Gedikoǧlu, Suna ^b  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Francisella tularensis; Real time PCR; Salgin; Tularemia

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TULAREMIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TULAREMIA; TURKEY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 52349122801     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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