Molecular comparison of Neospora caninum oocyst isolates from naturally infected dogs with cell culture-derived tachyzoites of the same isolates using nested polymerase chain reaction to amplify microsatellite markers

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 43-50

  Basso, W ^a,b,c   Schares, S ^a   Barwald A ^a   Herrmann, D C ^a   Conraths, F J ^a   Pantchev, N ^d   Vrhovec, M Globokar ^d   Schares, G ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d Vet Med Labor GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dog; Microsatellite typing; Neospora caninum; Nested PCR; Oocyst

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA EXTRACTION; DOG; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; INOCULATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOUSE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PERITONEUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TACHYZOITE;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEOSPORA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BOVINAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 59649111192     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.10.085     Document Type: Article

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