Diagnostic real-time PCR assay for the quantitative detection of Theileria equi from equine blood samples

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 151, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 158-163

  Kim, Chul min ^a   Blanco, Lidia Beatriz Conza ^a   Alhassan, Andy ^a   Iseki, Hiroshi ^a   Yokoyama, Naoaki ^a   Xuan, Xuenan ^a   Igarashi, Ikuo ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood; Detection; Horse; Real time PCR; Theileria equi

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORSE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THEILERIA; THEILERIA EQUI;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DNA PRIMERS; GHANA; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS;

EQUIDAE; THEILERIA EQUI;

EID: 38049059999     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.10.023     Document Type: Article

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