Cross-institute evaluations of inhibitor-resistant PCR reagents for direct testing of aerosol and blood samples containing biological warfare agent DNA

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1322-1329

  Minogue, Timothy D ^a   Rachwal, Phillip A ^b   Hall, Adrienne Trombley ^a   Koehler, Jeffery W ^a   Weller, Simon A ^b  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COLLECTORS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PATHOGEN DETECTION; REACTION MIXTURE; REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY;

AEROSOLS; ASSAYS; BACTERIA; BLOOD; DNA; MIXTURES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUSES;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS;

AEROSOL; BIOASSAY; DNA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INHIBITION; INHIBITOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS;

UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AEROSOL; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENT; DNA; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENT; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS; DNA; GREAT BRITAIN; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893378489     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03478-13     Document Type: Article

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