Freeze tolerance, morphology, and RAPD-PCR identification of Trichinella nativa in naturally infected arctic foxes

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 144-147

  Kapel, C M O ^a   Pozio, E ^b   Sacchi, L ^c   Prestrud, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLD TOLERANCE; CYST; FOX; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STORAGE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRICHINELLA;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; DNA, HELMINTH; FOXES; FREEZING; GREENLAND; LARVA; MUSCLES; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SVALBARD; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS;

EID: 0033006345     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285722     Document Type: Article

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