Detection of Haemobartonella felis in cats with experimentally induced acute and chronic infections, using a polymerase chain reaction assay

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1215-1220

  Berent, Linda M ^a   Messick, Joanne B ^a   Cooper, Sandra K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; RNA 16S; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; GENETICS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOXYCYCLINE; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0032175209     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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