Importance of primer specificity for PCR detection of Anaplasma phagocytophila among Ixodes scapularis ticks from Wisconsin [4]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4006-

  Shukla, Sanjay K ^a   Vandermause, Mary F ^a   Belongia, Edward A ^a   Reed, Kurt D ^a   Paskewitz, Susan M ^b   Kazmierczak, James ^c  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Bureau of Communicable Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LETTER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; IXODES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WISCONSIN;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS;

EID: 0042522899     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.4006.2003     Document Type: Letter

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