Histomonas meleagridis: Immunohistochemical localization of parasitic cells in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections of experimentally infected turkeys demonstrates the wide spread of the parasite in its host

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 505-513

  Singh, Amarjit ^a   Weissenböck, Herbert ^b   Hess, Michael ^a  

^a Clinic for Avian   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Detection; Diagnosis; Dissemination; Experimental infection; Histomonas meleagridis; Immunohistochemical technique; Mono eukaryotic culture; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; Polyclonal hyperimmune serum; Protozoa; Spf, specific pathogen free; Turkey

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; BONE MARROW; BURSA FABRICII; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART; HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LUNG; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTOZOON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; TISSUE SECTION; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BURSA OF FABRICIUS; CECUM; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; POULTRY DISEASES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RABBITS; TRICHOMONADIDA; TURKEYS;

BLASTOCYSTIS SP.; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS; PROTOZOA; TETRATRICHOMONAS GALLINARUM; TRICHOMONAS GALLINAE;

EID: 40649125040     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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