Comparison of culture and PCR for the detection of Brucella melitensis in blood and lymphoid tissues of serologically positive and negative slaughtered sheep

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 301-306

  Ilhan, Z ^a   Aksakal, A ^a   Ekin, I H ^a   Gulhan T ^a   Solmaz, H ^a   Erdenlig, S ^b  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Pendik Veteriner Kontrol ve Arastirma Enstitusu   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood; Brucella melitensis; Culture; Lymphoid tissue; PCR; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; BACTERIA; BLOOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BLOOD; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CULTURE; CULTURE METHODS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; PCR; PCR METHOD; SHEEP; TISSUE SAMPLES;

TISSUE;

BACTERIA; BLOOD; DIAGNOSIS; DNA; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; TISSUE CULTURE;

BIOASSAY; BLOOD; BRUCELLOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SHEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 39149140391     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2007.02309.x     Document Type: Article

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