Development and Evaluation of a Latex Agglutination Test for the Identification of Francisella tularensis Subspecies Pathogenic for Human

WALDEMAR RASTAWICKI; KAMILA FORMIŃSKA; ALEKSANDRA A. ZASADA

doi:10.21307/pjm-2018-030

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Development and Evaluation of a Latex Agglutination Test for the Identification of Francisella tularensis Subspecies Pathogenic for Human

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volume 67 (2018): Issue 2 (June 2018)

By: WALDEMAR RASTAWICKI, KAMILA FORMIŃSKA and ALEKSANDRA A. ZASADA

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|Jun 2018

Abstract

Francisella tularensis are highly infectious bacteria causing a zoonotic disease called tularemia. Identification of this bacterium is based on antigen detection or PCR. The paper presents a latex agglutination test (LAT) for rapid identification of clinically relevant F. tularensis subspecies. The test can be performed within three minutes with live or inactivated bacteria. The possibility to test the inactivated samples reduces the risk of laboratory acquired infection and allows performing the test under BSL-2 conditions.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/pjm-2018-030 | Journal eISSN: 2544-4646 | Journal ISSN: 1733-1331

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Language: English

Page range: 241 - 244

Submitted on: Dec 18, 2017

Accepted on: Feb 28, 2018

Published on: Jun 30, 2018

Published by: Polish Society of Microbiologists

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

Keywords:

Francisella tularensis,

F. tularensis identification,

latex agglutination test,

tularemia,

zoonosis

Related subjects:

Life sciences,

Microbiology and virology

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