Deployable laboratory response to emergence of melioidosis in central Sri Lanka.
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چکیده
A portable molecular diagnostic laboratory was used to provide molecular confirmation of suspected melioidosis cases seen at Peradeniya Hospital, central Sri Lanka. Soil supernatants from rice field and rubber plantation samples also produced PCR-positive results. These procedures could be used for melioidosis field work in other remote locations.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 46 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008