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Detection of Coxiella burnetti by DNA amplification using polymerase chain reaction
1 Sept 1992
Abstract excerpt
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used for the detection of Coxiella burnetti, an obligate intracellular bacterium and the etiologic agent of Q fever. A pair of primers derived from the C. burnetii superoxide dismutase gene served to amplify a targeted 257-bp fragment of genomic DNA. These primers were chosen on the basis of GenBank analysis, G + C ratio, and absence of secondary structure. This technique...
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