Single tube nested PCR for the detection of Toxoplasma gondii in fetal tissues from naturally aborted ewes

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 17-27

  Hurtado, Ana ^a   Aduriz, Gorka ^a   Moreno, Bernardino ^a   Barandika, Jesse ^a   García Pérez, Ana L ^a  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fetal tissues; Histology; Indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT); Polymerase chain reaction; Sheep protozoa abortion; Single tube nested PCR; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ABORTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BRAIN; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FETUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY; LAMB; LIVER; LUNG; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPAIN; SPLEEN; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0035803003     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(01)00526-X     Document Type: Article

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