Highly Sensitive Bacteriophage-Based Detection of Brucella abortus in Mixed Culture and Spiked Blood

For decades, bacteriophages (phages) have been used for Brucella species identification in the diagnosis and epidemiology of brucellosis. Traditional Brucella phage typing is a multi-day procedure including the isolation of a pure culture, a step that can take up to three weeks. In this study, we fo...

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Main Authors: Kirill V. Sergueev, Andrey A. Filippov, Mikeljon P. Nikolich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-06-01
Series:Viruses
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/9/6/144