Entamoeba histolytica and E. dispar infections in captive macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in the Philippines

Primates

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-74

  Rivera, Windell L ^a,b   Yason, John Anthony D L ^a,b   Adao, Davin Edric V ^a,b  

^a University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^b University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

Author keywords

18S rRNA gene; E. dispar; Entamoeba histolytica; IFAT; Macaca fascicularis; PCR; Philippines

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RNA 18S;

ANTIBODY; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITIC DISEASE; PRIMATE; RNA;

AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MACACA; MONKEY DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PHILIPPINES; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MONKEY DISEASES; PHILIPPINES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

PHILIPPINES;

ANIMALIA; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PRIMATES; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77949775132     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-009-0174-x     Document Type: Article

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