Molecular detection of "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum" in a lion (Panthera leo) from a Brazilian Zoological Garden

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 195-196

  Guimaraes, Ana M S ^a   Javorouski, Manoel L ^b   Bonat, Marcelo ^b   Lacerda, Oneida ^b   Balbinotti, Bruna ^c   Queiroz, Lucyenne G P B ^b   Timenetsky, Jorge ^a   Biondo, Alexander W ^c   Messick, Joanne B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Prefeitura Municipal de Curitiba   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum; Feline infectious anemia; Haemobartonella; Lion; Mycoplasma haemofelis; Panthera leo

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DNA; RNA 16S;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HEMOMINUTUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LION; MALE; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUE; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE CHARACTERIZED AMPLIFIED REGION; ZOO ANIMAL;

EID: 34447276643     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652007000300011     Document Type: Article

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