Clinical application of a polymerase chain reaction assay for diagnosis of leptospirosis in dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 222, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1224-1229

  Harkin, Kenneth R ^a   Roshto, Yvette M ^a   Sullivan, Jennifer T ^a,b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VCA Asher Animal Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOG; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROTYPE; URINALYSIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 0037407409     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.222.1224     Document Type: Article

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