Tularemia in a common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) diagnosed by 16s rRNA sequencing

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 145-150

  Posthaus, Horst ^a   Welle, Monika ^a   Mörner, Torsten ^b   Nicolet, Jacques ^a   Kuhnert, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Bacteria; Diagnosis; Francisella tularensis; Marmoset; Tularemia

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MARMOSET; MONKEY DISEASE; NONHUMAN; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEPTICEMIA; TULAREMIA;

ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CALLITHRIX; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; NECROSIS; PRIMATE DISEASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TULAREMIA;

EID: 0032520609     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(98)00180-1     Document Type: Article

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