PCR detection of acute Ehrlichia canis infection in dogs

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 441-447

  McBride, Jere W ^a   Corstvet, Richard E ^b   Gaunt, Stephen D ^b   Chinsangaram, Jarasvech ^a   Akita, Geoffrey Y ^a   Osburn, Bennie I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; DNA PRIMERS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030254651     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063879600800406     Document Type: Article

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