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Use of multiplexed tandem PCR to estimate the prevalence and intensity of Theileria orientalis infections in cattle.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2015
Perera Piyumali K, Gasser Robin B, Read Elizabeth, Malmo Jakob, Nguyen Hanh, Nyein Simon, Cheng Allan, Jex Aaron R, Rawlin Grant, Spithill Terence W, Jabbar Abdul
Abstract excerpt
This study employed a semi-quantitative, multiplexed tandem PCR (MT-PCR) to assess the prevalence and infection intensity of four genotypes (buffeli, chitose, ikeda and type 5) of Theileria orientalis in cattle in Australia. Genomic DNA samples from blood samples (n=448) collected from 27 to 32 dairy cows from each of 15 dairy herds with a history of recent theileriosis outbreaks (Group 1), and from blood samples...
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