Development and Evaluation of a Latex Agglutination Test for the Identification of Francisella tularensis Subspecies Pathogenic for Human

Francisella tularensis are highly infectious bacteria causing a zoonotic disease called tularemia. Identification of this bacterium is based on antigen detection or PCR. The paper presents a latex agglutination test (LAT) for rapid identification of clinically relevant F. tularensis subspecies. The...

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Main Authors: WALDEMAR RASTAWICKI, KAMILA FORMIŃSKA, ALEKSANDRA A. ZASADA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2018-06-01
Series:Polish Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.exeley.com/exeley/journals/polish_journal_of_microbiology/67/2/pdf/10.21307_pjm-2018-030.pdf