Isolation and characterization of two parasitic protozoa from a pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi) with meningoencephalomyelitis

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 816-822

  Miller, M A ^a   Sverlow, K ^a   Crosbie, P R ^a   Barr, B C ^a   Lowenstine, L J ^a   Gulland, F M ^a   Packham, A ^a   Conrad, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA;

PARASITE; PINNIPED; PROTOZOAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN TISSUE; DILUTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SEAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

PHOCA VITULINA; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0034850773     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[0816:IACOTP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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