Use of a duplex-PCR assay to screen for Feline Herpesvirus-1 and Chlamydophila spp. in mucosal swabs from cats

New Microbiologica

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 287-292

  Marsilio, F ^a   Di Martino, B ^a   Di Francesco, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cat; Chlamydophilosis; Diagnosis; Duplex PCR; Herpesvirosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAT; CHLAMYDOPHILA; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPTOM; THROAT CULTURE;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; EYE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VARICELLOVIRUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA FELIS; FELIDAE; FELINE HERPESVIRUS 1; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 11444256933     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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