Diagnosis of canine Hepatozoon spp. infection by quantitative PCR

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 50-58

  Li, Yihang ^a   Wang, Chengming ^a   Allen, Kelly E ^b   Little, Susan E ^b   Ahluwalia, Sudhir K ^a   Gao, Dongya ^a   Macintire, Douglass K ^a   Blagburn, Byron L ^a   Kaltenboeck, Bernhard ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American canine Hepatozoonosis; Blood; Detection; Diagnosis; H. canis; Hepatozoon americanum; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S; EDETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOG; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOMICS; HEPATOZOON AMERICANUM; HEPATOZOON CANIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

ALLIUM CEPA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON AMERICANUM; HEPATOZOON CANIS;

EID: 51249107749     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.06.027     Document Type: Article

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