Inclusivity, exclusivity and limit of detection of commercially available real-time PCR assays for the detection of Salmonella

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 221-226

  Margot, H ^a   Stephan, R ^a   Guarino, S ^b   Jagadeesan, B ^b   Chilton, D ^b   O'Mahony, E ^b   Iversen, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Commercial real time PCR systems; Detection limit; Salmonella detection; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CACAO; CITROBACTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MILK; NONHUMAN; POWDER; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CITROBACTER; SALMONELLA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84879558291     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.05.012     Document Type: Article

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