Longitudinal quantification of Ehrlichia canis in experimental infection with comparison to natural infection

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 321-325

  Baneth, Gad ^a   Harrus, Shimon ^a   Ohnona, Frederic S ^b   Schlesinger, Yechiel ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Conjunctiva; Copy number; Doxycycline; Ehrlichia canis; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANINE EHRLICHIOSIS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DOXYCYCLINE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 64649087531     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.11.022     Document Type: Article

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