Early Detection of Brucella Canis via Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Analysis

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-54

  Kauffman, L K ^a   Bjork, J K ^a   Gallup, J M ^a   Boggiatto, P M ^a   Bellaire, B H ^a   Petersen, Christine A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucella canis; Diagnosis; Dog; Quantitative polymerase chain reaction; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

DNA; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; URINALYSIS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; DIAGNOSIS; DOG DISEASE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZOONOSIS;

BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

BRUCELLA CANIS; DIAGNOSIS; DOG; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84907063320     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12041     Document Type: Article

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