Copromicroscopic and molecular assays for the detection of cancer-causing parasitic nematode Spirocerca lupi

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 108-116

  Traversa, Donato ^a   Avolio, Stefania ^a   Modrý, David ^b,c   Otranto, Domenico ^d   Iorio, Raffaella ^a   Aroch, Itamar ^e   Cringoli, Giuseppe ^f   Milillo, Piermarino ^a   Albrechtová, Katka ^b   Mihalca, Andrei D ^g   Lavy, Eran ^e  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Coproscopy; cox1 gene; Diagnosis; Dog; FLOTAC; Mitochondrial DNA; Spirocercosis

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; FORMALDEHYDE; IODINE; THIOMERSAL; ZINC SULFATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CANINE SPIROCERCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COX1 GENE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FLOTAC METHOD; FLOTATION; GENE; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPIROCERCA LUPI;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; ISRAEL; KENYA; NEOPLASMS; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS; THELAZIOIDEA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEMATODA; SPIROCERCA LUPI; SPIRURIDA;

EID: 51249084363     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.06.022     Document Type: Article

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