Development and use of real-time PCR to detect and quantify Mycoplasma haemocanis and "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum" in dogs

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 167-170

  Barker, E N ^a   Tasker, S ^a   Day, M J ^a   Warman, S M ^a   Woolley, K ^b   Birtles, R ^b   Georges, K C ^c   Ezeokoli, C D ^c   Newaj Fyzul, A ^c   Campbell, M D ^c   Sparagano, O A E ^d   Cleaveland, S ^e   Helps, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

"Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum"; Mycoplasma haemocanis; Polymerase chain reaction; Prevalence; Ticks

Indexed keywords

DNA; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DNA EXTRACTION; DOG; EPERYTHROZOONOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMATOPARVUM; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOCANIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; TANZANIA; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMATOPARVUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOCANIS;

EID: 71849119987     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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