Direct Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex and M. avium Complex in Tissue Specimens from Cattle Through Identification of Specific rRNA Sequences

Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 395-400

  Bollo, E ^a   Guarda, F ^a   Capucchio, M T ^a   Galietti, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b SAN LUIGI GONZAGA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPH NODE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOLOGY; TONSIL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; LYMPH NODES; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TONSIL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032159180     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.1998.tb00808.x     Document Type: Article

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