Fol. Biol. 2015, 61, 178-183

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2015061050178

Real-Time PCR Identification of Unique Bacillus anthracis Sequences

P. Cieślik1, J. Knap2, M. Kołodziej1, T. Mirski1, J. Joniec1, G. Graniak1, D. Żakowska1, I. Winnicka3, Agata Bielawska-Drózd1

1Biological Threats Identification and Countermeasure Centre of the General Karol Kaczkowski Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Puławy, Poland
2Warsaw Medical University, Second Faculty of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, Warsaw, Poland
3General Karol Kaczkowski Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Epidemiology Department, Warsaw, Poland

Received April 2015
Accepted August 2015

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