Detection of Neospora from tissues of experimentally infected rhesus macaques by PCR and specific DNA probe hybridization

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1740-1745

  Ho, Michael S Y ^b   Barr, Bradd C ^b   Tarantal, Alice F ^a   Lai, Lucy T Y ^b   Hendrickx, Andrew G ^a   Marsh, Antoinette E ^b   Sverlow, Karen W ^b   Packham, Andrea E ^b   Conrad, Patricia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCCIDIA; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY;

EID: 0030997909     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.7.1740-1745.1997     Document Type: Article

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