Intestinal Tritrichomonas foetus infection in cats in Switzerland detected by in vitro cultivation and PCR

Parasitology Research

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 783-788

  Frey, Caroline F ^a   Schild, Marc ^a   Hemphill, Andrew ^a   Stünzi, Philipp ^a   Müller, Norbert ^a   Gottstein, Bruno ^a   Burgener, Iwan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; PRIMER RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; URACIL DNA GLYCOSIDASE; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 18S; RNA 5.8S;

ARTICLE; CAT; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; FLAGELLATE; INTESTINE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SWITZERLAND; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIARRHEA; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FLAGELLATE INFECTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

BOS; FELIS CATUS; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRICHOMONADIDAE; TRITRICHOMONAS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CULTURE MEDIA; DIARRHEA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; GENES, RRNA; MALE; MASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWITZERLAND; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 65549168576     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1255-2     Document Type: Article

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