Discrimination of Neospora caninum from Toxoplasma gondii and other apicomplexan parasites by hybridization and PCR

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 289-297

  Kaufmann, Hannes ^a   Yamage, Mat ^a   Roditi, Isabel ^b   Dobbelaere, Dirk ^a   Dubey, Jitender P ^c   Holmdahl, O Joakim M ^d   Trees, Alexander ^e   Gottstein, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b CH 3012   (Switzerland)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; DNA probe; Neospora caninum; PCR; Sarcocystis; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA TEMPLATE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; COCCIDIA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0030220979     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1996.0038     Document Type: Article

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