Development of a PCR assay for rapid diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection

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• Publication year

  1997

• Venue

  Journal of Clinical Microbiology

• Publication date

  1997-07-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1128/jcm.35.7.1696-1700.1997PMID 9196176PMCID PMC229824
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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