Detection of Spironucleus muris in unpreserved mouse tissue and fecal samples by using a PCR assay

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 39-43

  Fain, Michele A ^a   Karjala, Zuzana ^b   Perdue, Kathy A ^a   Copeland, Michelle K ^a   Cheng, Lily I ^a   Elkins, William R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA GENE; FECES; GENE; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOON; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRONUCLEUS MURIS;

ANIMALS; DIPLOMONADIDA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; SPIRONUCLEUS MURIS;

EID: 54149106672     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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