One-tube PCR for the detection of the Ehrlichia phagocytophila genogroup

Veterinary Record

Volumn 145, Issue 22, 2000, Pages 22-23

  Pusterla, N ^a   Chae, J S ^a   DeRock, E ^a   Madigan, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0039929728     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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