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A real-time PCR assay with improved specificity for detection and discrimination of all clinically relevant Bordetella species by the presence and distribution of three Insertion Sequence elements

Lieuwe Roorda, Johannes Buitenwerf, Jacobus M. Ossewaarde, Anneke van der Zee

BMC Research Notes · 2011 · 64 citations · 16 references

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Abstract

We developed an improved PCR method for specific detection of B. pertussis, B. parapertussis, B. holmesii, and B. bronchiseptica.

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