title: PCR detection of microbial pathogens. Introduction.
authors.affiliation: Division 4: Bacterial Animal Diseases and Control of Zoonoses, Federal Institute for Health Protection of Consumers and Veterinary Medicine (BgVV), Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Konrad
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sachse
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Frey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*