The prevalence of Neospora caninum and co-infection with Toxoplasma gondii by PCR analysis in naturally occurring mammal populations

Parasitology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-36

  Hughes, J M ^a   Williams, R H ^a   Morley, E K ^a   Cook, D A N ^a   Terry, R S ^b   Murphy, R G ^a   Smith, J E ^b   Hide, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co infection; Mouse; Naturally acquired infection; Neospora caninum; PCR; Rat; Sheep; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; LAMB; MAMMAL; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CATTLE; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOSPORA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHEEP; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 30144444954     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005008784     Document Type: Article

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