First isolation of besnoitia besnoiti from a chronically infected cow in Spain

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 474-476

  Fernndez Garcia A ^a   Risco Castillo, V ^a   Pedraza Diaz S ^a   Aguado Martinez A ^a   Alvarez Garca G ^a   Gomez Bautista M ^a   Collantes Fernandez E ^a   Ortega Mora, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; RNA 18S; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 5.8S;

CATTLE; DATABASE; DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOMICS; INFECTIVITY; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATHOGENICITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BESNOITIA BESNOITI; BRADYZOITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN BIOPSY; TACHYZOITE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOPSY; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; SPAIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

SPAIN;

BESNOITIA BESNOITI; BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CATTLE; COCCIDIOSIS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; SPAIN;

EID: 67651089844     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1772.1     Document Type: Article

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