Detection of Brucella melitensis in bovine milk and milk products from apparently healthy animals in Egypt by real-time PCR

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1339-1343

  Wareth, Gamal ^a,b,c   Melzer, Falk ^a   Elschner, Mandy C ^a   Neubauer, Heinrich ^a   Roesler, Uwe ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bovine; Brucella melitensis; iELISA; RT PCR; Unpasteurized milk and milk products

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DAIRY PRODUCT; DNA EXTRACTION; EGYPT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; ANIMAL; BOVINE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CATTLE; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EGYPT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MILK; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84907975734     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.4847     Document Type: Article

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