title: Detection of the tetanus toxin gene by polymerase chain reaction: a case study.
authors.affiliation: Division of Public Health Sciences, Tokushima Prefectural Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, Tokushima 770-0941, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagao
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Chieko
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sawada
authors.forename: Chiiko
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sasakawa
authors.forename: Yoshiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanezaki
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D003013:Clostridium / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000235:genetics*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D013742:Tetanus / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013744:Tetanus Toxin / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D013744:Tetanus Toxin; C035979:tetanospasmin; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases