Improved specificity for detection of Mycobacterium bovis in fresh tissues using IS6110 real-time PCR

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Thacker, Tyler C ^a   Harris, Beth ^b   Palmer, Mitchell V ^a   Waters, Wade R ^a  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM WOLINSKYI;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 80052023053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-7-50     Document Type: Article

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