Design, optimization, and application of a conventional PCR assay with an internal control for detection of 'Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis' 16S rDNA in domestic cats from Brazil

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 443-452

  Santos, Andrea P ^a   Messick, Joanne B ^b   Biondo, Alexander W ^c   Oliveira, Simone T ^a   Pedralli, Viviane ^a   Lasta, Camila S ^a   Lacerda, Luciana A ^a   Esteves, Vanessa S ^a   Hofmann Lehmann, Regina ^d   Willi, Barbara ^d   González, Félix H D ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

28S rRNA gene; Hemobartonellosis; Hemoplasma; Mycoplasma; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS;

EID: 72249084811     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: 1939165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2009.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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