Development of real-time PCR assays for the specific detection of Francisella tularensis ssp. tularensis, holarctica and mediaasiatica

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 72-76

  Mitchell, Jan L ^a   Chatwell, Nicola ^a   Christensen, Deanna ^b   Diaper, Helen ^a   Minogue, Timothy D ^b   Parsons, Tanya M ^a   Walker, Brian ^a   Weller, Simon A ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Francisella tularensis; Real time PCR; Tularaemia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA PHILOMIRAGIA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TULAREMIA;

FRANCISELLA PHILOMIRAGIA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS;

EID: 76849096271     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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