Evaluation of two multiplex real-time PCR screening capabilities for the detection of Bacillus anthracis, Francisella tularensis and Yersinia pestis in blood samples generated from murine infection models

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue PART 11, 2012, Pages 1546-1555

  Weller, Simon A ^a   Cox, Victoria ^a   Essex Lopresti, Angela ^a   Hartley, Margaret G ^a   Parsons, Tanya M ^a   Rachwal, Phillip A ^a   Stapleton, Helen L ^a   Lukaszewski, Roman A ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; MOUSE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TULAREMIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PLAGUE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TULAREMIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84867502948     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.049007-0     Document Type: Article

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