Application of fluorescent in situ hybridisation for demonstration of Coxiella burnetii in placentas from ruminant abortions

APMIS

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 347-353

  Jensen, Tim K ^a   Montgomery, Donald L ^b   Jaeger, Paula T ^b   Lindhardt, Tina ^c   Agerholm, Jørgen S ^c   Bille Hansen, Vivi ^a   Boye, Mette ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridisation

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ABORTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZOONOSIS;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; Q FEVER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SHEEP;

EID: 34248390082     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2007.apm_591.x     Document Type: Article

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