Bacillus anthracis Real-TM PCR Kit

Real Time Amplification kit test for the qualitative detection of Bacillus anthracis

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Background

Bacillus anthracis is a Gram-positive spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium, with a width of 1-1.2 µm and a lenght of 3-5 µm. Anthrax was described in the early literature of the Greeks, Romans, and Hindus. Three forms of anthrax disease are recognized based on their form of inoculation: cutaneous - the most common form (95%), causes a localized inflammatory black necrotic lesion (eschar), pulmonary - higly fatal and characterized by sudden massive chest edema followed by cardiovascular shock, gastrointestinal - rare but also fatal (causes death to 25%) type results from ingestion of spores.