A case of mistaken identity - Reappraisal of the species of canid and felid hookworms (Ancylostoma) present in Australia and India

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-119

  Traub, R J ^a   Hobbs, R P ^a   Adams, P J ^a   Behnke, J M ^b   Harris, P D ^b   Thompson, R C A ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancylostoma; Australia; Cats; Dogs; Hookworms; India

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMA CEYLANICUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANYCLOSTOMA BRAZILIENSE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAT; DOG; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; HOOKWORM; INDIA; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CRICETINAE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; INDIA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMA CEYLANICUM; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE;

EID: 33845439512     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006001211     Document Type: Article

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