First in vitro isolation of Besnoitia besnoiti from chronically infected cattle in Germany

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 315-322

  Schares, G ^a   Basso, W ^a,b,c   Majzoub, M ^d   Cortes, H C E ^e   Rostaher, A ^d   Selmair, J ^f   Hermanns, W ^d   Conraths, F J ^a   Gollnick, N S ^d  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^f Inning am Holz ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Besnoitia besnoiti; Cell culture; In vitro; Internal transcribed spacer 1; Ribosomal RNA gene

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; RNA 18S; RNA 5.8S;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BESNOITIA BESNOITI; BESNOITIOSIS; BULL (BOVINE); CATTLE; CELL STRAIN BHK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SPLEEN; TACHYZOITE; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CELL LINE; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; GERMANY; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN;

BESNOITIA BESNOITI; BOS; BOVINAE; MUS;

EID: 68249109319     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.04.033     Document Type: Article

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