Neospora caninum: Specific oligonucleotide primers for the detection of brain "cyst" DNA of experimentally infected nude mice by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 272-279

  Yamage, Mat ^a   Flechtner, Olivier ^a   Gottstein, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUS MUSCULUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMALIA;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TISSUE; CYST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUDE MOUSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICE, NUDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOSPORA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029975147     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284160     Document Type: Article

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