Determination of the etiology of presumptive feline leprosy by 16s rRNA gene analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2464-2471

  Hughes, M S ^a   Ball, N W ^a   Beck, L A ^a   De Lisle, G W ^b   Skuce, R A ^a   Neill, S D ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHITAE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAEMURIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MALMOENSE;

EID: 0030868884     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.10.2464-2471.1997     Document Type: Article

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