National validation study of a cellulose sponge wipe-processing method for use after sampling bacillus anthracis spores from surfaces

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 8355-8359

  Rose, Laura J ^a   Hodges, Lisa ^a   O'Connell, Heather ^a   Noble Wang, Judith ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS SPORES; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS STERNE; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; COLONY COUNTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING; INOCULA; INOCULUM LEVEL; PROCESSING METHOD; STANDARD ERRORS; STEEL COUPON; STEEL SURFACE; VALIDATION STUDY;

BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY; CELLULOSE; LABORATORIES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

PROCESSING;

STEEL;

BACTERIUM; BIOSAFETY; CELLULOSE; COLONY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INOCULATION; SAMPLING; SPORE; STEEL;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STEEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83255188006     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05377-11     Document Type: Article

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