Preliminary study on differentiation of Leptospira grippotyphosa and Leptospira sejroe from other common pathogenic leptospiral serovars in canine urine by polymerase chain reaction assay

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 164-168

  Cai, Hugh Y ^a   Hornby, Geoff ^a   Key, Douglas W ^a   Osuch, Maria R ^a   Maxie, M Grant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; GENETICS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036516385     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870201400214     Document Type: Article

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