Multiplex detection of Ehrlichia and Anaplasma pathogens in vertebrate and tick hosts by real-time RT-PCR

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1078, Issue , 2006, Pages 552-556

  Sirigireddy, Kamesh R ^a   Mock, Donald C ^a   Ganta, Roman R ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Ehrlichia; Multiplex; Rickettsia; Ticks

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOG; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; HOST; INFECTION RATE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRATE;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845745253     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1374.108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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