title: Multiplex Taqman PCR assay for rapid detection of Anaplasma phagocytophila and Borrelia burgdorferi.
authors.affiliation: Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
authors.forename: Joshua W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Courtney
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Massung
mesh_terms: D041081:Anaplasma phagocytophilum / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D025065:Borrelia burgdorferi / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016873:Ehrlichiosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D005784:Gene Amplification; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012377:Rodentia; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology