Molecular and biological characterization of Hammondia heydorni-like oocysts from a dog fed hearts from naturally infected white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1174-1176

  Dubey, J P ^a   Sreekumar, C ^a   Miska, K B ^a   Hill, D E ^a   Vianna, M C B ^a   Lindsay, D S ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; PROTOZOAL DNA;

PARASITOLOGY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERBIL; HAMMONDIA HEYDORNI; HEART; HOST; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MERIONES UNGULATUS; MOUSE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; WHITE TAILED DEER; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS; CHEMISTRY; COCCIDIOSIS; DEER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FECES; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HORSE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE MUTANT; PARASITOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COCCIDIOSIS; DEER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOGS; FECES; GERBILLINAE; HEART; HORSES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SARCOCYSTIDAE;

EID: 2942677662     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-324R     Document Type: Article

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