Development of a high throughput PCR to detect Coxiella burnetii and its application in a diagnostic laboratory over a 7-year period

New Microbes and New Infections

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-12

  Jaton, K ^a   Peter, O ^b   Raoult, D ^c   Tissot, J D ^d   Greub, G ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Institut Central des Hopitaux Valaisans   (Switzerland)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d Service Regional Vaudois de Transfusion Sanguine   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood donations; Coxiella burnetii; High throughput; PCR; Q fever

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910683534     PISSN: 20522975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2052-2975.8     Document Type: Article

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