Use of a real-time polymerase chain reaction-based fluorogenic 5′ nuclease assay to evaluate insect vectors of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infections in horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 829-834

  Spier, Sharon J ^a   Leutenegger, Christian M ^a   Carroll, Scott P ^a   Loye, Jenella E ^a   Berger Pusterla, Jeannine ^a   Carpenter, Tim E ^a   Mihalyi, Judy E ^a   Madigan, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ENDOTOXIN; NUCLEASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HORSE DISEASE; HOUSE FLY; INCIDENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; DIPTERA; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC SCREENING; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INSECT VECTORS; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; STOMOXYS CALCITRANS;

EID: 3042664659     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2004.65.829     Document Type: Article

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