Sequence diversity of internal transcribed spacer-1 (ITS-1) region of Eimeria infecting chicken and its relevance in species identification from Indian field samples

Parasitology Research

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 513-521

  Bhaskaran, Mohana Subramanian ^a   Venkatesan, Lakshmipriya ^a   Aadimoolam, Ramesh ^a   Jayagopal, Harikrishnan Tirunelveli ^b   Sriraman, Rajan ^a  

^a Indian Immunologicals Limited   (India)

^b VETERINARY COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIMERIA; EIMERIA ACERVULINA; EIMERIA BRUNETTI; EIMERIA MAXIMA; EIMERIA MITIS; EIMERIA NECATRIX; EIMERIA PRAECOX; EIMERIA TENELLA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INDIA; INTESTINE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE;

EIMERIA; EIMERIA ACERVULINA; EIMERIA BRUNETTI; EIMERIA MAXIMA; EIMERIA MITIS; EIMERIA NECATRIX; EIMERIA PRAECOX; EIMERIA TENELLA; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EIMERIA; INDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77949314593     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1696-2     Document Type: Article

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