Identification of Encephalitozoon cuniculi genotype III and two novel genotypes of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in swine

Parasitology International

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-292

  Reetz, Jochen ^a   Nöckler, Karsten ^a   Reckinger, Sabine ^a   Vargas, Maria Margarida ^a   Weiske, Wolf ^b   Broglia, Alessandro ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ABC technique; Encephalitozoon cuniculi genotype III; Enterocytozoon bieneusi; Immunohistochemistry; Light microscopy; Microsporidia; PCR; Sequencing; Swine (Sus scrofa domestica)

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; ENTEROCYTOZOON; ENTEROCYTOZOON INFECTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; ENTEROCYTOZOON; FECES; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; EUKARYOTA; MICROSPORIDIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 67650435866     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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