Detection of enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens in food and fecal samples with a duplex PCR and the slide latex agglutination test.

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Published in Appl Environ Microbiol on November 01, 1997

Authors

P Fach1, M R Popoff

Author Affiliations

1: Centre National d'Etudes Vétérinaires et Alimentaires, Laboratoire Central d'Hygiène Alimentaire, Paris, France.

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