PCR for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in experimentally infected dogs

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 165-170

  Bonovska, M ^a   Tzvetkov, Y ^a,b   Najdenski, H ^a,c   Bachvarova, Y ^a  

^a National Diagnostic and Research Veterinary Medical Institute   (Bulgaria)

^b National Research Station for Wildlife Management Biology and Pathology   (Bulgaria)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 22344447822     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2005.00839.x     Document Type: Article

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