Use of quantitative real-time PCR to monitor the shedding and treatment of chlamydiae in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 334-342

  Markey, Bryan ^a   Wan, Charles ^b   Hanger, Jon ^c   Phillips, Che ^c   Timms, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c Australian Wildlife Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlamydiae; Koala; Real time PCR; Shedding; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ACTIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; KOALA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATIENT MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELAPSE; WILDLIFE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DNA PRIMERS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; GENE DOSAGE; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDIAE; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

EID: 33846811580     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2006.11.022     Document Type: Article

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