Development and evaluation of a diagnostic PCR for Mycoplasma synoviae using primers located in the intergenic spacer region and the 23S rRNA gene

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 76-82

  Ramírez, Ana S ^a   Naylor, Clive J ^a   Hammond, Philip P ^a   Bradbury, Janet M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Mollicutes; Mycoplasma; Mycoplasma synoviae; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RNA 23S; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MYCOPLASMA SYNOVIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICKENS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, INTERGENIC; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA SYNOVIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TURKEYS;

AVES; MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA SYNOVIAE;

EID: 33750342104     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2006.06.021     Document Type: Article

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