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Immuno-Chromatographic Test System Application for Rapid Detection of Francisella tularensis Lipopolysaccharide in Monitoring of Natural Foci

https://doi.org/10.21055/0370-1069-2013-1-78-80

Abstract

Immuno-chromatographic test systems are shown to be applicable for rapid detection of tularemia microbe lipopolysaccharide for identification of
Francisella tularensis strains isolated in natural foci, and in epizootiologic survey – for the analysis of suspensions of ixodic ticks and internal organs of dead animals.

About the Authors

A. A. Zaitsev
Stavropol Research Anti-Plague Institute
Russian Federation


O. A. Gnusareva
Stavropol Research Anti-Plague Institute
Russian Federation


N. S. Tsareva
Stavropol Research Anti-Plague Institute
Russian Federation


V. V. Ostapovich
Stavropol Research Anti-Plague Institute
Russian Federation


I. Yu. Borzdova
Stavropol Research Anti-Plague Institute
Russian Federation


A. N. Kulichenko
Stavropol Research Anti-Plague Institute
Russian Federation


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Zaitsev A.A., Gnusareva O.A., Tsareva N.S., Ostapovich V.V., Borzdova I.Yu., Kulichenko A.N. Immuno-Chromatographic Test System Application for Rapid Detection of Francisella tularensis Lipopolysaccharide in Monitoring of Natural Foci. Problems of Particularly Dangerous Infections. 2013;(1):78-80. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21055/0370-1069-2013-1-78-80

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