Evaluation of the HOOF-Print assay for typing Brucella abortus strains isolated from cattle in the United States: Results with four performance criteria

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Bricker, Betsy J ^a   Ewalt, Darla R ^b  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTYPE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CALCULATION; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EVALUATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOOF PRINT ASSAY; HUNTER GASTON DISCRIMINATION INDEX; LABORATORY TEST; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; GENOTYPE; HOOF AND CLAW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

BOS TAURUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

EID: 23944487021     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-5-37     Document Type: Article

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