Identification of Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis A1 and A2 infections by real-time polymerase chain reaction

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-12

  Molins, Claudia R ^a   Carlson, Jennifer K ^a   Coombs, Jana ^b   Petersen, Jeannine M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Francisella tularensis; TaqMan; Tularemia; Type A, A1, A2

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS TYPE A1; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS TYPE A2; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBSPECIES; TAQMAN POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION ASSAY; TULAREMIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TULAREMIA;

EID: 64049094462     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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