Novel identification and differentiation of Brucella melitensis, B. abortus, B. suis, B. ovis, B. canis, and B. neotomae suitable for both conventional and real-time PCR systems

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 375-378

  Hinic V ^a   Brodard, I ^a   Thomann, A ^a   Cvetnic Z ^c   Makaya, P V ^d   Frey, J ^b   Abril, C ^a  

^a National Centre for Zoonoses   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^d Diagnostics and Research Branch   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Brucella; Conventional PCR; Genus identification; Real time PCR; Species differentiation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA NEOTOMAE; BRUCELLA OVIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA OVIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

EID: 50849119392     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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