Molecular detection and identification of Anaplasma and Ehrlichia species in cattle from Turkey

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-65

  Aktas, Munir ^a   Altay, Kursat ^a   Dumanli, Nazir ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Cattle; Ehrlichia; PCR; RLB

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

AMPLICON; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA CENTRALE; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE LINE BLOT HYBRIDIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; EHRLICHIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TURKEY;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA CENTRALE; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMA OVIS; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BOS; BOVINAE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA SP.; IXODIDA;

EID: 79952484881     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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