Real-time PCR for the early detection and quantification of Coxiella burnetii as an alternative to the murine bioassay

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 127-131

  Howe, Gerald B ^a   Loveless, Bonnie M ^a   Norwood, David ^a   Craw, Philip ^a   Waag, David ^a   England, Marilyn ^a   Lowe, John R ^b   Courtney, Bernard C ^c   Pitt, M Louise ^a   Kulesh, David A ^a  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Tauri Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol challenge; Coxiella burnetii; Mouse bioassay; Non human primates; Q fever; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOASSAY; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROCONVERSION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Q FEVER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII; MURINAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 67349198598     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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