Prevalence of Coxiella burnetii DNA in vaginal and uterine samples from healthy cats of north-central Colorado

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 196-201

  Cairns, Kelly ^a   Brewer, Melissa ^a   Lappin, Michael R ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COLORADO; COXIELLA BURNETII; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERUS; VAGINA;

COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 34248550455     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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