Isolation of toxoplasma gondii from the keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) from Costa Rica

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 467-468

  Dubey, J P ^a   Velmurugan, G V ^a   Morales, J A ^a,b   Arguedas, R ^a,c   Su, C ^a,e  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^c

^d Costa Rica

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANTIBODY; BIRD; BRAIN; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUSCLE; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; RODENT;

ARTICLE; BIRD; COSTA RICA; DNA EXTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; RAMPHASTOS SULFURATUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOASSAY; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FATALITY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ZOO ANIMAL;

MUS; RAMPHASTOS SULFURATUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CATS; COSTA RICA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FATAL OUTCOME; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; MICE; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 67651098987     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1846.1     Document Type: Article

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