Volume 11, Number 10—October 2005
Dispatch
Detecting Biological Warfare Agents
Linan Song*, Soohyoun Ahn*, and David R. Walt*
Table
Detection limits of real samples determined with polymerase chain reaction followed by array detection
| Organism | DNA copies/mL |
|---|---|
| Bacillus anthracis | 103 |
| B. thuringiensis kurstaki | 102 |
| Vaccinia virus | 102 |
| Yersinia pestis | 102 |
| Francisella tularensis | 103 |
| Clostridium botulinum | 103 |
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