Thermophilic helicase-dependent dna amplification using the IsoAmp™ SE experimental kit for rapid detection of Streptococcus equi subspecies equi in clinical samples

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 909-914

  Artiushin, Sergey ^a   Tong, Yanhong ^a,b   Timoney, John ^a,b   Lemieux, Bertrand ^a   Schlegel, Anne ^a   Kong, Huimin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b BioHelix Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; horses; strangles; Streptococcus equi; thermophilic helicase dependent amplification

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; HELICASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; TIME;

ANIMALS; DNA HELICASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; TIME FACTORS;

EQUIDAE; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. ZOOEPIDEMICUS;

EID: 84857127395     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: 19434936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1040638711416968     Document Type: Article

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