Quantitative real-time PCR for detection of members of the Ehrlichia phagocytophila genogroup in host animals and Ixodes ricinus ticks

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1329-1331

  Pusterla, Nicola ^a,b   Huder, Jon B ^a   Leutenegger, Christian M ^a   Braun, Ueli ^a   Madigan, John E ^b   Lutz, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; INFESTATION; IXODES RICINUS; LEUKOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA EQUI; EHRLICHIA PHAGOCYTOPHILA; EQUIDAE; HEXAPODA; IXODES RICINUS; PHAGOCYTOPHILUM GROUP; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0032920553     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.5.1329-1331.1999     Document Type: Article

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