Differential diagnosis of oocysts of Hammondia-like organisms of dogs and cats by PCR-RFLP analysis of 70-kilodalton heat shock protein (HSP70) gene

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 235-238

  Monteiro, Renata Molina ^a   Pena, Hilda Fátima De Jesus ^a   Gennari, Solange Maria ^a   De Souza, Sheila Oliveira ^a   Richtzenhain, Leonardo José ^a   Soares, Rodrigo Martins ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70;

ARTICLE; CAT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; GENETIC CODE; HAMMONDIA; HAMMONDIA HAMMONDI; HAMMONDIA HEYDORNI; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEOSPORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SARCOCYSTIDAE;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; COCCIDIA; FELIDAE; HAMMONDIA; HAMMONDIA HAMMONDI; HAMMONDIA HEYDORNI; NEOSPORA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 43049103446     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-0957-9     Document Type: Article

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