Reliable detection of Bacillus anthracis, Francisella tularensis and Yersinia pestis by using multiplex qPCR including internal controls for nucleic acid extraction and amplification

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Janse, Ingmar ^a   Hamidjaja, Raditijo A ^a   Bok, Jasper M ^a   Van Rotterdam, Bart J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CHROMOSOME; DNA EXTRACTION; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLEX QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YERSINIA PESTIS; ANIMAL; ANTHRAX; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PLAGUE; STANDARD; TULAREMIA;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOTERRORISM; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; PLAGUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TULAREMIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 78649799427     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-314     Document Type: Article

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