Identification, molecular characterization, and occurrence of two bovine hemoplasma species in Swiss cattle and development of real-time TaqMan quantitative PCR assays for diagnosis of bovine hemoplasma infections

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3563-3568

  Meli, Marina L ^a   Willi, Barbara ^a   Dreher, Ute M ^a   Cattori, Valentino ^a   Knubben Schweizer, Gabriela ^a   Nuss, Karl ^a   Braun, Ueli ^a   Lutz, Hans ^a   Hofmann Lehmann, Regina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOASSAY; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPERYTHROZOONOSIS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOBOS; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; MYCOPLASMA WENYONII; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME TAQMAN PCR; RNA SEQUENCE; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; FELIDAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; MYCOPLASMA WENYONII;

EID: 77957775208     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02224-09     Document Type: Article

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