Use of repetitive sequence-based polymerase chain reaction for molecular epidemiologic analysis of Streptococcus equi subspecies equi

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 699-705

  Al Ghamdi, Ghanem M ^a   Kapur, Vivek ^a   Ames, Trevor R ^a   Timoney, John F ^b   Love, Daria N ^c   Mellencamp, Martha A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; EUROPE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; ONTARIO; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0034203958     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2000.61.699     Document Type: Article

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