A real-time PCR array for hierarchical identification of Francisella isolates

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Svensson, Kerstin ^a,b   Granberg, Malin ^a   Karlsson, Linda ^a   Neubauerova, Vera ^c   Forsman, Mats ^a   Johansson, Anders ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Central Military Health Institute   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDEL MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TULAREMIA;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FRANCISELLA; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDEL MUTATION; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS SUBSP. HOLARCTICA;

EID: 77954052267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008360     Document Type: Article

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