Prevalence of infection and 18S rRNA gene sequences of Cytauxzoon species in Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) in Spain

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 995-1001

  Millan J ^a   Naranjo, V ^b   Rodriguez A ^a   De La Lastra, J M Pérez ^b   Mangold, A J ^c   De La Fuente, J ^b,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA   (Argentina)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Cytauxzoon felis; Cytauxzoonosis; Endangered species; Lynx pardinus; Molecular characterization; Piroplasm

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTAUXZOON FELIS; CYTAUXZOONOSIS; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFESTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAIN; TICK; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; LYNX; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PIROPLASMIDA; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPAIN;

CYTAUXZOON; CYTAUXZOON FELIS; CYTAUXZOON MANUL; FELIDAE; IXODIDA; LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS; OTOCOLOBUS MANUL;

EID: 34250649300     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200700248X     Document Type: Article

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