Use of chimeric DNA-RNA primers in quantitative PCR for detection of Ehrlichia canis and Babesia canis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 6396-6398

  Peleg, Ofer ^a   Baneth, Gad ^b   Eyal, Osnat ^b   Inbar, Jacob ^a   Harrus, Shimon ^b  

^a Genaphora LTD   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; CHIMERIC PRIMERS; PREAMPLIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE PCR; RNA PRIMERS;

ASSAYS; DNA; GENES; RNA;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

BETA ACTIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; PRIMER DNA; PRIMER RNA; RNA 16S; ACTIN; BACTERIAL RNA; RNA; RNA PRIMERS;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EHRLICHIA CANIS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; DOG; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BABESIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BABESIA; DNA PRIMERS; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70349420939     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00720-09     Document Type: Article

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