Differential detection of Bartonella species and strains in cat scratch disease diagnostics by polymerase chain reaction amplification of 16S ribosomal RNA gene

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 219-229

  Tapp, Ronald A ^a   Roy, Alma F ^b   Corstvet, Richard E ^b   Wilson, Vincent L ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; FELIS CATUS;

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BASE SEQUENCE; CAT DISEASES; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035345902     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870101300306     Document Type: Article

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