Molecular Characterization of Aegyptianella pullorum (Rickettsiales, Anaplasmataceae)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 5294-5297

  Rikihisa, Yasuko ^a   Zhang, Chunbin ^a   Christensen, Bruce M ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AEGYPTIANELLA PULLORUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERYTHROCYTE; FOWL; GENE; GENE REPLICATION; GROEL GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIALES; RNA SEQUENCE;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOOD; GROEL PROTEIN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AEGYPTIANELLA PULLORUM; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMATACEAE; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLIFORMES; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0344877207     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5294-5297.2003     Document Type: Article

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