A qPCR assay for Bordetella pertussis cells that enumerates both live and dead bacteria.
S. Ramkissoon, I. MacArthur, M. Ibrahim, H. de Graaf, R. Read, A. Preston
The paper develops a qPCR assay to quantify both live and dead Bordetella pertussis bacteria in human challenge model samples.
bioRxiv · Sep 25, 2019Microbiology