A multiplex real-time PCR assay for the detection and differentiation of Francisella tularensis subspecies

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue PART 11, 2012, Pages 1525-1531

  Gunnell, Mark K ^a,b   Lovelace, Charity D ^a   Satterfield, Benjamin A ^a   Moore, Emily A ^a   O'Neill, Kim L ^a   Robison, Richard A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Microbiology Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EUROPE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOTERRORISM; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TULAREMIA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84867491853     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.046631-0     Document Type: Article

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