Molecular Characterization of Anthrax in Positive Powders: a Mexican Experience

• DOI: 10.1128/jcm.41.10.4909.2003
• Publication Date: 2003-10-07T19:00:26Z
• Authors: Elsa Sarti; Mónica Moreno-Ga...; Guadalupe Rodríg...; Guadalupe Viveros; Rita Flores-León; Roberto Tapia-Conyer
• Keywords: Bacillus anthracis; Anthrax toxin; Anthrax vaccines

Recently we read contributions from La Scola et al. (4), Luna (5), and Bell (1) published in this journal about their experiences with screening laboratory analysis carried out to identify anthrax human samples (nasal swabs) environmental (mail pieces packages), essentially by using B. anthracis DNA detection LightCycler PCR. This paper reports our experience extensive of suspected mail packages spores biochemical testing isolates conventional PCR techniques.