A rapid lateral-flow immunoassay for phytosanitary detection of Erwinia amylovora and on-site fire blight diagnosis

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Braun Kiewnick, A ^a   Altenbach, D ^b   Oberhansli T ^b   Bitterlin, W ^b   Duffy, B ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE   (Switzerland)

^b BIOREBA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apple; Diagnostics; Pear; Phytosanitary inspection; Quarantine pathogen; Serology

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL BLIGHT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; FIRE BLIGHT; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; PLATING MEDIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, IMMOBILIZED; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PLANT DISEASES; RABBITS; ROSACEAE;

ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PYRUS;

EID: 80052353685     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.06.015     Document Type: Article

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