Abstract
Bacillus anthracis spores have been used as a biological weapon in the United States. We wanted to develop a safe, rapid method of sample preparation that provided safe DNA for the detection of spores in environmental and clinical specimens. Our method reproducibly detects B. anthracis in samples containing <10 spores.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1252-1255 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Clinical Microbiology |
Volume | 41 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Mar 2003 |