Identification and characterization of the threadworm, Strongyloides procyonis, from feral raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Japan

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-68

  Sato, Hiroshi ^a,b   Suzoki, Kazuo ^a,c   Osanai, Arihiro ^a   Kamiya, Haroo ^a   Furuoka, Hidefumi ^a,d  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Hikiiwa Park Center   (Japan)

^d OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 28S;

DNA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENE; HEALTH AND DISEASE; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITE; PATHOGENICITY; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; INTESTINE INFECTION; JAPAN; LARVA MIGRANS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE INCIDENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RACCOON; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES PROCYONIS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GENE ORDER; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RACCOONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TIME FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; VERMES;

EID: 33645542391     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-623R.1     Document Type: Article

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