Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in animals by real-time polymerase chain reaction

APMIS

Volumn 112, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 239-247

  Hulínská, Dagmar ^a   Langrová, Kateřina ^a   Pejčoch, Milan ^a   Pavlásek, Ivan ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b Statni veterinarni ustav Praha   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Animals; Gene sequences; Melting temperature; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DEER; DNA DETERMINATION; FOX; GENE SEQUENCE; HARE; HORSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK; VOLE;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATTLE; DNA PRIMERS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HORSES; MICE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3543127261     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2004.apm11204-0503.x     Document Type: Article

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