Evaluation of a serum-based PCR assay for the diagnosis of canine monocytic ehrlichiosis

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 390-393

  Mylonakis, Mathios E ^a   Siarkou, Victoria I ^a   Leontides, Leonidas ^b   Bourtzi Hatzopoulou, Eleftheria ^a   Kontos, Vassilios I ^c   Koutinas, Alexander F ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Laboratory of Epidemiology   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Dog; Ehrlichia canis; PCR; Serum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANINE EHRLICHIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS;

EID: 69349091718     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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