Different organisms associated with heartwater as shown by analysis of 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequences

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 283-300

  Allsopp, M T E P ^a   Visser, E S ^a,b   Du Plessis, J L ^a   Vogel, S W ^a   Allsopp, B A ^a  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b Genesis Research & Development Corporation Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

16S ribosomal RNA genes; Cowdria ruminantium; Diagnosis Rickettsia; Ehrlichia spp.; Heartwater; PCR; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EHRLICHIA; GENE SEQUENCE; GOAT; HEARTWATER DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; RNA GENE; SHEEP; TICK;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GOATS; HEARTWATER DISEASE; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROBABILITY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; CANIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; EHRLICHIA SP.; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS; OVIS ARIES; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0030817638     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00012-5     Document Type: Article

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