Real-time PCR-based detection of Coxiella burnetii in cheeses

European Food Research and Technology

Volumn 235, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1181-1186

  Capuano, Federico ^a   Mancusi, Andrea ^a   Casalinuovo, Francesco ^a   Perugini, Anna ^a   Proroga, Yolande ^a   Guarino, Achille ^a   Berri, Mustapha ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DEL MEZZOGIORNO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Cheese; Coxiella burnetii; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

AMPLICONS; COXIELLA BURNETII; MILK SPECIES; PCR-BASED DETECTION; REAL-TIME PCR; REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY; SMALL RUMINANTS; SOUTHERN ITALY; SYBR GREEN;

CHEESES; MAMMALS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVIDAE; COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 84869508876     PISSN: 14382377     EISSN: 14382385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00217-012-1855-z     Document Type: Article

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