PCR detection of Anaplasma platys in blood and tissue of dogs during acute phase of experimental infection

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 205-210

  Eddlestone, S M ^a   Gaunt, S D ^a   Neer, T M ^a   Boudreaux, C M ^a   Gill, A ^a   Haschke, E ^a   Corstvet, R E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma platys; Canine infectious thrombocytopenia; Doxycycline; PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENZYME ASSAY; EXPERIMENTATION; FEMALE; INOCULATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE; SPLEEN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TISSUE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD PLATELETS; BONE MARROW; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; FEMALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; TAQ POLYMERASE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANAPLASMA PLATYS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33751436832     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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