Toxoplasma gondii genotyping in a dog co-infected with distemper virus and ehrlichiosis rickettsia

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 359-363

  Moretti, Leandro D'Arc ^a   Da Silva, Aristeu Vieira ^b,c   Ribeiro, Márcio Garcia ^c   Paes, Antonio Carlos ^c   Langoni, Hélio ^c  

^a PECUÁRIA E ABASTECIMENTO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE PARANAENSE   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Co infection; Distemper; Dogs; Ehrlichiosis; Genotyping; Immunosuppression; Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP); Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DOG; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; DISTEMPER; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 33846229304     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652006000600012     Document Type: Article

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