Detection of Coxiella burnetii in complex matrices by using multiplex quantitative PCR during a major Q fever outbreak in the Netherlands

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 6516-6523

  de Bruin, A ^a   de Groot, A ^a   de Heer, L ^a   Bok, J ^b   Wielinga, P R ^a   Hamans, M ^c   van Rotterdam, B J ^a   Janse, I ^a  

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

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^c Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; COMPLEX MATRICES; CROSS-REACTIVITY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MATRIXES; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; INTERNAL CONTROLS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NETHERLANDS; NON-TARGET ORGANISM; PCR AMPLIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE PCR;

BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY; DNA; FINANCE; MULTIPLEXING; RURAL AREAS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; INHIBITION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; COXIELLA BURNETII; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GOAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NETHERLANDS; Q FEVER; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; STANDARD; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; GOATS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NETHERLANDS; Q FEVER; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; VAGINA;

NETHERLANDS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; COXIELLA BURNETII; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 80052823589     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05097-11     Document Type: Article

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