Sensitive and specific polymerase chain reaction assays for detection of Bordetella pertussis in nasopharyngeal specimens
- 1 March 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in The Journal of Pediatrics
- Vol. 124 (3), 421-426
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-3476(94)70365-5
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