Prevalence of Mycoplasma suis (Eperythrozoon suis) infection in swine and swine-farm workers in Shanghai, China

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 890-894

  Yuan, Cong L ^a,b   Liang, Ai B ^c   Yao, Cong B ^a,b,c   Yang, Zhi B ^a,b   Zhu, Jian G ^a,b   Cui, Li ^a,b   Yu, Fei ^a,b   Zhu, Ning Y ^a,b   Yang, Xiao W ^d   Hua, Xiu G ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Manufacturing Environment   (China)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EPERYTHROZOONOSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA SUIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PIG FARMING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SWINE DISEASES;

MYCOPLASMA SUIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 67651227224     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.70.7.890     Document Type: Article

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