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Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 831052, 8 pages
Comparison of Two Suspension Arrays for Simultaneous Detection of Five Biothreat Bacterial in Powder Samples
1Institute of Health Quarantine, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing 100123, China
2Chongqing International Travel Healthcare Center, Chongqing 400020, China
3West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
Received 2 December 2011; Accepted 28 February 2012
Academic Editor: Sabah Mohammed
Copyright © 2012 Yu Yang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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