First isolation and characterisation of Encephalitozoon cuniculi from a free-ranging rat (Rattus norvegicus)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 279-285

  Müller Doblies, Uwe Ulex ^a   Herzog, Kathrin ^a   Tanner, Isabelle ^a   Mathis, Alexander ^a   Deplazes, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Encephalitozoonosis; Free ranging; Microsporidia; Parasite isolation; Rattus norvegicus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROSPORIDA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PATHOGENESIS; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; LUNG; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RODENT DISEASE; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FEMALE; LIVER; LUNG; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWITZERLAND; ANIMALS;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; MAMMALIA; MICROSPORIDIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; VULPES LAGOPUS;

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

EID: 0037158447     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00163-2     Document Type: Article

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