LAMP using a disposable pocket warmer for anthrax detection, a highly mobile and reliable method for anti-bioterrorism

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-40

  Hatano, Ben ^a,b   Maki, Takayuki ^b   Obara, Takeyuki ^b   Fukumoto, Hitomi ^a,b   Hagisawa, Kohsuke ^b   Matsushita, Yoshitaro ^b   Okutani, Akiko ^a   Bazartseren, Boldbaastar ^a   Inoue, Satoshi ^a   Sata, Tetsutaro ^a   Katano, Harutaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b Japan Ground Self Defense Force   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ELECTRICITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOTERRORISM; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 76649131272     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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