Besnoitia oryctofelisi n. sp. (Protozoa: Apicomplexa) from domestic rabbits

Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 521-539

  Dubey, J P ^a   Sreekumar, C ^a   Lindsay, D S ^b   Hill, D ^a   Rosenthal, B M ^a   Venturini, L ^c   Venturini, M C ^c   Greiner, E C ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Argentina)

^d University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; B. darlingi; Besnoitia oryctofelisi; Cats; Cell culture; Gerbils; Mice; n. sp.; Rabbits; Schizonts

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; APICOMPLEXA; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BESNOITIA ORYCTOFELISI; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BRADYZOITE; CAT; CATTLE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GERBIL; KIDNEY CELL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LAMINA PROPRIA; LIVER; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RABBIT; RAT; SCHIZONT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SMALL INTESTINE; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPOROGENESIS; TACHYZOITE; TISSUE CULTURE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ARGENTINA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; INTERFERON TYPE II; JEJUNUM; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MONOCYTES; OPOSSUMS; RABBITS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; BESNOITIA; BESNOITIA ORYCTOFELISI; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; FELIS CATUS; GERBILLINAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0038726315     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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