Evaluation of conventional and real-time PCR assays for detection and differentiation of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia in dog blood

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 129, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 294-303

  Kidd, L ^a   Maggi, R ^a   Diniz, P P V P ^a   Hegarty, B ^a   Tucker, M ^a   Breitschwerdt, E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dog; PCR; Rickettsia; Spotted fever

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOG; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 43049169888     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.11.035     Document Type: Article

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