Strains of Sarcocystis neurona exhibit differences in their surface antigens, including the absence of the major surface antigen SnSAG1

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 623-631

  Howe, Daniel K ^a   Gaji, Rajshekhar Y ^a   Marsh, Antoinette E ^b   Patil, Bhagyashree A ^a   Saville, William J ^b   Lindsay, David S ^c   Dubey, J P ^d   Granstrom, David E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Diagnosis; Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis; Surface antigen polymorphism; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SAG1 ANTIGEN; SAG3 ANTIGEN; SAG4 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN; DETECTION METHOD; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM; PROTOZOAN; VACCINE; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPOSSUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SEROLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VIRULENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPOSSUMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RACCOONS; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS;

APICOMPLEXA; DIDELPHIDAE; ENHYDRA; EQUIDAE; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA;

EID: 41349099018     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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