Rapid and sensitive detection of Campylobacter spp. from chicken using the polymerase chain reaction

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 285, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 480-485

  Oyofo, Buhari A ^a,c   Abd El Salam, Shwikar M ^b   Churilla, Albert M ^a   Wasfy, Momtaz O ^a  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3   (United States)

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EID: 8244260085     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(97)80108-9     Document Type: Article

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