A 16S rRNA-based PCR assay for detection and identification of granulocytic Ehrlichia species in dogs, horses, and cattle

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2170-2174

  Engvall, Eva Olsson ^a   Pettersson, Bertil ^b   Persson, Marianne ^a   Artursson, Karin ^a   Johansson, Karl Erik ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CATTLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HORSE; MORULA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0029767987     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.9.2170-2174.1996     Document Type: Article

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