Single-tube nested PCR for detection of Tritrichomonas foetus in feline feces

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 4126-4130

  Gookin, Jody L ^a   Birkenheuer, Adam J ^a   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a   Levy, Michael G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS; TRICHOMONAS HOMINIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; MASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

BOS TAURUS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; GIARDIA SP.; PENTATRICHOMONAS HOMINIS; PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONAS; TRITRICHOMONAS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 0036841915     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.11.4126-4130.2002     Document Type: Article

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