Non-invasive methods for identifying oocysts of Sarcocystis spp. from definitive hosts

Parasitology International

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 293-296

  Xiang, Zheng ^a,b   Chen, Xinwen ^b   Yang, Lijun ^a   He, Yongshu ^a   Jiang, Runsheng ^a   Rosenthal, Benjamin M ^c   Luan, Pengtao ^b   Attwood, S W ^d   Zuo, Yangxian ^b   Zhang, Ya ping ^b,e   Yang, Zhaoqing ^a  

^a KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Diagnostics; Faeces; Oocysts; Sarcocystis; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CAT; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS FUSIFORMIS; SARCOCYSTIS HOMINIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SPOROCYST;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; HUMANS; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

BUBALUS; FELIDAE; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS CRUZI; SARCOCYSTIS FUSIFORMIS; SARCOCYSTIS HOMINIS;

EID: 67650453477     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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