A novel high-resolution melt PCR assay discriminates Anaplasma phagocytophilum and "Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis"

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1958-1961

  Krücken, Jürgen ^a   Schreiber, Cécile ^a   Maaz, Denny ^a   Kohn, Mareen ^a   Demeler, Janina ^a   Beck, Stefanie ^a   Schein, Eberhard ^a   Olias, Philipp ^a   Richter, Dania ^b   Matuschka, Franz Rainer ^b   Pachnicke, Stefan ^c   Krieger, Klemens ^c   Kohn, Barbara ^a   Von Samson Himmelstjerna, Georg ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; FEMALE; GERBIL; HIGH RESOLUTION MELT POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; IXODES; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RODENT; SPLEEN;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DERMACENTOR; IXODES; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENTIA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; IXODES; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84878503187     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00284-13     Document Type: Article

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