Chronic "candidatus mycoplasma turicensis" infection

Veterinary Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Novacco, Marilisa ^a   Boretti, Felicitas S ^a   Wolf Jäckel, Godelind A ^a   Riond, Barbara ^a   Meli, Marina L ^a   Willi, Barbara ^a   Lutz, Hans ^a   Hofmann Lehmann, Regina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELIDAE; MYCOPLASMA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERMFREE ANIMAL; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EID: 80052012647     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1297-9716-42-59     Document Type: Article

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