Biological and molecular characterizations of Toxoplasma gondii strains obtained from southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 526-530

  Cole, R A ^a   Lindsay, D S ^a,b   Howe, D K ^a,c,d   Roderick, C L ^a   Dubey, J P ^a,e   Thomas, N J ^a   Baeten, L A ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL CULTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ENHYDRA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS NEREIS; FELIS CATUS; NEREIS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0033945830     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0526:bamcot]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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