RAPID AND SPECIFIC IDENTIFICATION OF YERSINIA-PESTIS BY USING A NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN-REACTION PROCEDURE

被引:32
作者
CAMPBELL, J [1 ]
LOWE, J [1 ]
WALZ, S [1 ]
EZZELL, J [1 ]
机构
[1] USA,MED RES INST INFECT DIS,FT DETRICK,MD 21702
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10.1128/JCM.31.3.758-759.1993
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
We developed a 4-h nested polymerase chain reaction assay that detected a region of the plasminogen activator gene of Yersinia pestis in 100% of 43 Y. pestis strains isolated from humans, rats, and fleas yet was unreactive with the closely related species Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.
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页码:758 / 759
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