Isolation and characterization of a bovine isolate of Neospora caninum with low virulence

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-16

  Rojo Montejo, Silvia ^a   Collantes Fernández, Esther ^a   Regidor Cerrillo, Javier ^a   Álvarez García, Gema ^a   Marugan Hernández, Virginia ^a   Pedraza Díaz, Susana ^a   Blanco Murcia, Javier ^a   Prenafeta, Antonio ^b   Ortega Mora, Luis Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b LABORATORIOS HIPRA S A   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological characterization; Low virulence isolate; Neospora caninum

Indexed keywords

DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRADYZOITE; BRAIN; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MORTALITY; MOUSE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOGENICITY; TACHYZOITE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEOSPORA; PLAQUE ASSAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIRULENCE;

BOVINAE; MUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 57649143455     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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