A novel fluorescent in situ hybridization technique for detection of Rickettsia spp. in archival samples

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-304

  Svendsen, Claus Bo ^a   Boye, Mette ^b   Struve, Carsten ^a   Krogfelt, Karen A ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Archival samples; Fluorescence; In situ hybridization; Rickettsia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; SWINE; VERO CELL;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RICKETTSIA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RICKETTSIA;

EID: 59849112293     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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