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- Title
Preliminary validation of real-time PCR assays for the identification of Yersinia pestis.
- Authors
Tomaso, Herbert; Jacob, Daniela; Eickhoff, Meike; Scholz, Holger C; Al Dahouk, Sascha; Kattar, Mireille M; Reischl, Udo; Plicka, Helga; Olsen, Jaran Strand; Nikkari, Simo; Matero, Pirjo; Beuret, Christian; Ciammaruconi, Andrea; Lista, Florigio; Gala, Jean-Luc; Broll, Hermann; Appel, Bernd; Sellek Cano, Ricela E; Ybarra de Villavicencio, Maria Del Carmen; Broekhuijsen, Martien; Indra, Alexander; Petersen, Roger; Neubauer, Heinrich
- Abstract
Yersinia pestis (Y. pestis) is a zoonotic bacterium mainly circulating among rodents and their fleas. Transmission to humans can cause bubonic, pneumonic or septicemic plague with a high case-fatality rate. Therefore, rapid and reliable diagnostic tools are crucial. The objective of this study was to assess the inter-laboratory reproducibility of in-house developed real-time PCR assays for the identification of Y. pestis.
- Publication
Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine, 2008, Vol 46, Issue 9, p1239
- ISSN
1434-6621
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1515/CCLM.2008.251