Morphological and genetic differences of Trypanosoma in some Chinese freshwater fishes: Difficulties of species identification

Parasitology Research

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 723-730

  Gu, Zemao ^a,b,c   Wang, Jianguo ^a   Li, Ming ^a,c   Zhang, Jinyong ^a   Ke, Xiaoli ^a,c   Gong, Xiaoning ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CARP; CATFISH; CHINA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENOTYPE; HOST RANGE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRYPANOSOMA;

ANIMALS; CARPS; CATFISHES; CHINA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FISH DISEASES; FRESH WATER; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

CYPRINUS CARPIO; FISH TRYPANOSOMES; PELTEOBAGRUS FULVIDRACO; PISCES; SINIPERCA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA SP.;

EID: 34547112515     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0536-5     Document Type: Article

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