Isolation of Besnoitia besnoiti from infected cattle in Portugal

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 141, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 226-233

  Cortes, H C E ^a   Reis, Y ^b,c   Waap, H ^b   Vidal, R ^d   Soares, H ^c,e   Marques, I ^c   Pereira da Fonseca, I ^f   Fazendeiro, I ^f   Ferreira, M L ^f   Caeiro, V ^a   Shkap, V ^g   Hemphill, A ^h   Leitao A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^f FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

^g KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Besnoitia besnoiti; Bovine besnoitiosis; Cyst; In vitro cell culture; Portugal

Indexed keywords

BESNOITIA BESNOITI; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; HAIR LOSS; HOST CELL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PORTUGAL; PROTOZOON; VERO CELL;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; BESNOITIA BESNOITI; BOS TAURUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33749665599     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.05.022     Document Type: Article

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