Effect of an Immunosuppressor (Dexamethasone) on Eperythrozoon Infection

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 661-664

  Yuan, C ^a   Yang, Z ^a   Zhu, J ^a   Cui, L ^a   Hua, X ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Eperythrozoon; Half nested PCR; Infection rate; Microscopic examination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DEXAMETHASONE;

ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RATE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOPLASMA SUIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA SUIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 34250755656     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-007-0029-0     Document Type: Article

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