A Simple and Rapid Identification Method for Mycobacterium bovis BCG with Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification

• Yuji Kouzaki,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan

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• Takuya Maeda ,

  * E-mail: tmaeda@ndmc.ac.jp

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan

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• Hiroaki Sasaki,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan

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• Shinsuke Tamura,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan

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• Takaaki Hamamoto,

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Defense Medical College Hospital, Saitama, Japan

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• Atsushi Yuki,

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Defense Medical College Hospital, Saitama, Japan

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• Akinori Sato,

  Affiliation Department of Urology, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan

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• Yasushi Miyahira,

  Affiliation Department of Global Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan

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• Akihiko Kawana

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan

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