Specific amplification of Ehrlichia platys DNA from blood specimens by two-step PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3142-3146

  Chang, Wen Lan ^a   Pan, Ming Jeng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029860506     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.12.3142-3146.1996     Document Type: Article

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