Cross-contamination in the molecular detection of Bartonella from paraffin-embedded tissues

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 940-944

  Varanat, M ^a   Maggi, R G ^a   Linder, K E ^a   Horton, S ^a   Breitschwerdt, E B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonellosis; Cross contamination; Necropsy; Paraffin embedded tissue; PCR contamination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; DNA, BACTERIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 70350414105     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.08-VP-0259-B-BC     Document Type: Article

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