Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Validation of a Rickettsia prowazekii-specific quantitative real-time PCR cassette and DNA extraction protocols using experimentally infected lice.
- Journal:
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- Year:
- 2006
- Authors:
- Rozmajzl, Patrick J et al.
- Affiliation:
- NMRC-IDD/RDD · United States
Abstract
The presence of R. prowazekii in lice using R. prowazekii-specific qPCR cassettes showed the changes of the rickettsial burden in the lice post-infection.
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