Bartonella species, feline herpesvirus-1, and Toxoplasma gondii PCR assay results from blood and aqueous humor samples from 104 cats with naturally occurring endogenous uveitis

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 923-928

  Powell, Cynthia C ^a   McInnis, Carey L ^a   Fontenelle, Jennifer P ^a   Lappin, Michael R ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HERPES VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA; UVEITIS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE; IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, FELINE; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA; UVEITIS;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; FELID HERPESVIRUS 1; FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 78649708486     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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