Identification of enteropathogenic Campylobacters in poultries' faeces by PCR and its comparison with culture in Zahedan (Iran)

Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 984-988

  Bokaeian, Mohammad ^a   Mohagheghi, Fard Amir H ^a  

^a ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Campylobacter coli; Campylobacter jejuni; Cultural method; Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR); Poultries

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA ISOLATION; FECES ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33751370629     PISSN: 16824474     EISSN: 18125727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2006.984.988     Document Type: Article

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