Tritrichomonas foetus and not Pentatrichomonas hominis is the etiologic agent of feline trichomonal diarrhea

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-104

  Levy, Michael G ^a   Gookin, Jody L ^a   Poore, Matthew ^a   Birkenheuer, Adam J ^a   Dykstra, Michael J ^a   Litaker, R Wayne ^a,b,c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ETIOLOGY; FELID; PARASITOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COLON DISEASE; DIARRHEA; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS; TRICHOMONAS HOMINIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FLAGELLA; MASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PENTATRICHOMONAS HOMINIS; PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONAS; TRITRICHOMONAS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 0037330863     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0099:TFANPH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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