Genetic diversity among sea otter isolates of Toxoplasma gondii

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 151, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 125-132

  Sundar, N ^a   Cole, R A ^b   Thomas, N J ^b   Majumdar, D ^c   Dubey, J P ^a   Su, C ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

California; DNA sequencing; Genotyping; Sea otters (Enhydra lutris); Toxoplasma gondii; Washington State

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CALIFORNIA; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; MICE; OTTERS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VARIATION (GENETICS); WASHINGTON;

ENHYDRA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 38049003096     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.11.012     Document Type: Article

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