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cord-020568-c5425959	Blatny, Janet Martha	Detecting and Responding to Bioterrorism	2007		.txt	text/plain	3480	204	42	The avian flu outbreak in several Asian countries killing approximately 50 million chickens has revealed the need for establishing rapid molecular diagnostics for mass screening of the Biological threat agents may be difficult to detect and identify quickly and reliable both from a civilian (public health) and a military point of view. Real-time PCR is the most commonly used nucleic acid-based method for specific and sensitive identification of biological threat agents. Internal controls may consist of either a plasmid or a DNA fragment in which the amplified DNA sequence is Several real-time PCR assays have been outlined for a number of biological threat agents, and commercial kits containing the specific reagents are available. An essential part of bioterrorism preparedness and response includes the design of efficient and reliable systems for detection and identification of biological threat agents. Classical microbiology, immunoassays, and nucleic acid-based methods, including molecular forensics, are laboratory approaches for detecting, identifying, and verifying various biological threat agents.	./cache/cord-020568-c5425959.txt	./txt/cord-020568-c5425959.txt