Molecular methods employing the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were developed to identify a panel of 30 important bacterial, viral and fungal pathogens of animals. This capability has proven to be a valuable adjunct to traditional microbiological techniques especially for detecting microbes difficult to culture or those buried in archival material. Development of these procedures has also provided a means for correlating pathogen load with the animal's age and the course of disease. The efficacy of many of these techniques is still being evaluated.

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National Institute of Health (NIH)
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Office of The Director, National Institutes of Health (OD)
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Intramural Research (Z01)
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1Z01OD011001-01
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6112716
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Virology Study Section (VR)
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1
Fiscal Year
1998
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Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health
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United States
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