Discrimination between six species of canine microfilariae by a single polymerase chain reaction

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 303-314

  Rishniw, Mark ^a   Barr, Stephen C ^a   Simpson, Kenny W ^a   Frongillo, Marguerite F ^a   Franz, Marc ^b   Dominguez Alpizar, Jose Luis ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Woodbury Animal Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acanthocheilonema; Canine; Dipetalonema; Dirofilaria; Immitis; Knott's test; PCR; Polymerase chain reaction; Reconditum; Repens

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DOG; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DNA, HELMINTH; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACANTHOCHEILONEMA; ACANTHOCHEILONEMA RECONDITUM; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIPETALONEMA; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; FILARIA; MANSONELLA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIDAE;

EID: 30944468733     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.10.013     Document Type: Article

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