Quantitative detection of Chlamydia psittaci and C. pecorum by high-sensitivity real-time PCR reveals high prevalence of vaginal infection in cattle

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1726-1729

  DeGraves, Fred J ^a   Gao, Dongya ^a   Hehnen, Hans Robert ^b   Schlapp, Tobias ^b   Kaltenboeck, Bernhard ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RNA 23S;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHLAMYDIA PECORUM; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINITIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PECORUM; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0037388635     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.4.1726-1729.2003     Document Type: Article

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