The detection of Coxiella burnetii from ovine genital swabs, milk and fecal samples by the use of a single touchdown polymerase chain reaction

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 285-293

  Berri, Mustapha ^a   Laroucau, Karine ^a   Rodolakis, Annie ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Diagnosis bacteria; Feces; Milk; PCR; Q fever

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DNA PURIFICATION; DNA TEMPLATE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; MILK LEVEL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COXIELLA BURNETII; DNA PRIMERS; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Q FEVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0034653896     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(99)00178-9     Document Type: Article

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