Ultrastructural and molecular confirmation of the development of Sarcocystis neurona tissue cysts in the central nervous system of southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis)

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1363-1372

  Miller, M A ^a   Barr, B C ^b   Nordhausen, R ^b   James, E R ^c   Magargal, S L ^d   Murray, M ^e   Conrad, P A ^f   Toy Choutka, S ^a   Jessup, D A ^a   Grigg, M E ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Brain; Central nervous system; ITS1; Sarcocystis neurona; Sea otter; Tissue cyst; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

BRAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MARINE MAMMAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PARASITE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCCIDIA; CROSS REACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MEROZOITE; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOME; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SCHIZONT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYSTS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OTTERS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SEAWATER;

ANIMALIA; COCCIDIA; ENHYDRA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS NEREIS; LUTRINAE; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA;

EID: 68249092886     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.04.014     Document Type: Article

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