Detection of ehrlichiae in African ticks by polymerase chain reaction

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 707-708

  Parola, Philippe ^a   Roux, Veronique ^a   Camicas, Jean Louis ^b   Baradji, Issa ^c   Brouqui, Philippe ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c Laboratoire Central Veterinaire Mail   (Mali)

Author keywords

Amblyomma variegatum; Anaplasma marginale; Boophilus decoloratus; Detection; Ehrlichiae; Mali; Polymerase chain reaction; Tick borne ehrlichioses; Ticks

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; NUCLEIC ACID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

AFRICA; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; MALI; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

EID: 0033653448     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90243-8     Document Type: Article

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