Nested polymerase chain reaction for detection of Ehrlichia equi genomic DNA in horses and ticks (Ixodes pacificus)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 319-329

  Barlough, Jeffrey E ^a,b   Madigan, John E ^a   DeRock, Elfriede ^a   Bigornia, Luisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis Rickettsia; DNA sequence analysis; Ehrlichia equi; Horse; Ixodes pacificus; Polymerase chain reaction; Southern hybridization test

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HORSE; IXODES; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; IXODES PACIFICUS; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 0029934164     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(95)00904-3     Document Type: Article

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