A target-specific assay for rapid and quantitative detection of Mycobacterium chimaera DNA in environmental and clinical specimens
Enrique Zozaya-Valdés a, Jessica L. Porter a, John Coventry b, Janet A. M. Fyfe c, Glen P. Carter a, Anders Gonçalves da Silva b, Mark B. Schultz b, Torsten Seemann d, Paul D. R. Johnson e, Andrew J. Stewardson e, Ivan Bastian f, Sally A. Roberts g, Benjamin P. Howden b, Deborah A. Williamson b, Timothy P. Stinear a,#
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australiaa; Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia b; Victorian Infectious Diseases Laboratory, The Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity,Victoria, Australia c; Victorian Life Sciences Computational Initiative, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia d; Austin Healthe; SA Pathology, South Australia, Australia f; Mycobacterial Laboratory, LabPlus, Auckland, New Zealand g