A new species of trypanosome, Trypanosoma desterrensis sp. n., isolated from South American bats

Parasitology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 265-271

  Grisard, E C ^a,b   Sturm, N R ^a   Campbell, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Eptesicus furinalis; Mini exon; SL RNA; Spliced leader; Trypanosoma cruzi marinkellei; Trypanosoma dionisii; Trypanosoma vespertilionis

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA; RNA 5S; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA DESTERRENSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; CHIROPTERA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, SPLICED LEADER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRYPANOSOMA;

EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FURINALIS; KINETOPLASTIDA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI MARINKELLEI; TRYPANOSOMA DIONISII; TRYPANOSOMA SP.; TRYPANOSOMA VESPERTILIONIS;

EID: 0042855087     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182003003536     Document Type: Article

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