A sarcocystid misidentified as Hepatozoon didelphydis: Molecular data from a parasitic infection in the blood of the southern mouse opossum (Thylamys elegans) from Chile

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 536-540

  Merino, Santiago ^a   Vásquez, Rodrigo A ^b   Martínez, Javier ^c   Celis Diez, Juan L ^b,d   Martínez De La Puente, Josué ^a   Marín Vial, Paula ^b   Sánchez Monsalvez, Inocencia ^c   Peirce, Michael A ^e  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e MP International Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central Chile; Coccidium; Marsupial; Parasite; Phylogeny; Yaca

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

BLOOD; DNA; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN; RODENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILE; CLASSIFICATION; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPOSSUM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; CHILE; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ERYTHROCYTES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPOSSUMS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SARCOCYSTIDAE;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ADELEORINA; COCCIDIA; DIDELPHIDAE; EIMERIORINA; HAEMOGREGARINA; HEPATOZOON; MARMOSA; METATHERIA; SARCOCYSTIDAE; THYLAMYS ELEGANS;

EID: 57749184085     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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