An application of duplex PCR for detection of Leptospira spp. and Orientia tsutsugamushi from wild rodents

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 407-409

  Wangroongsarb, Piyada ^a   Saengsongkong, Watcharee ^a   Petkanjanapong, Wimol ^a   Mimgratok, Miruntee ^a   Panjai, Decha ^a   Wootta, Wattanapong ^a   Hagiwara, Toshikatsu ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CLOT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LEPTOSPIRA; LIVER; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SCRUB TYPHUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE CULTURE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIROSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE; THAILAND; WILD ANIMAL;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SCRUB TYPHUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND;

EID: 54449085563     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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