A nested-PCR with an Internal Amplification Control for the detection and differentiation of Bartonella henselae and B. clarridgeiae: An examination of cats in Trinidad

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Rampersad, Joanne N ^a   Watkins, John D ^a   Samlal, Michael S ^a   Deonanan, Raymond ^a   Ramsubeik, Shalini ^a   Ammons, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; DNA 23S; SPACER DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BARTONELLA; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; CATS; DNA, INTERGENIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 27244449752     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-5-63     Document Type: Article

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