The first report of Hepatozoon sp. (Apicomplexa: Hepatozoidae) in neotropical felids from Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 28-33

  Metzger, Betina ^a,b   Paduan, Karina dos Santos ^a   Rubini, Adriano Stefani ^a   Oliveira, Tadeu Gomes de ^b,c,d   Pereira, Cristiane ^b   O'Dwyer, Lucia Helena ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Projeto Gatos do Mato ^*  (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^d Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Mamíferos Carnívoros Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade Instituto Pró Carnívoros   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hepatozoon; Molecular characterization; Neotropical felids; Non domestic cats; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FELIDAE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATOZOIDAE; HEPATOZOON; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; APICOMPLEXA; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; FELIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

APICOMPLEXA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; HEPATOZOIDAE; HEPATOZOON; HERPAILURUS YAGUARONDI; LEOPARDUS PARDALIS; LEOPARDUS TIGRINUS; LEOPARDUS WIEDII;

EID: 38949174558     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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