Francisella tularensis molecular typing using differential insertion sequence amplification

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2786-2797

  Larson, Marilynn A ^a   Fey, Paul D ^a   Bartling, Amanda M ^a   Iwen, Peter C ^a   Dempsey, Michael P ^b,d   Francesconi, Stephen C ^c   Hinrichs, Steven H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL INSERTION SEQUENCE AMPLIFICATION; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENOTYPE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FRANCISELLA; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TYPING; TULAREMIA;

FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA PHILOMIRAGIA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS SUBSP. NOVICIDA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS SUBSP. TULARENSIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 79960932931     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00033-11     Document Type: Article

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