First isolate of Toxoplasma gondii from arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) from Svalbard

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 151, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 110-114

  Prestrud, Kristin Wear ^a   Dubey, J P ^b   Åsbakk, Kjetil ^a   Fuglei, Eva ^c   Su, C ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alopex lagopus; BSR4; Genotyping; GRA6; Svalbard; Toxoplasma gondii; Vulpes lagopus

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOX; GENOTYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ARCTIC REGIONS; CATS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FOXES; GENOTYPE; MICE; NORWAY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; CANIDAE; FELIDAE; MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VULPES LAGOPUS;

EID: 38049082959     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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