Phylogenetic, morphological and behavioural analyses support host switching of Trypanosoma (Herpetosoma) lewisi from domestic rats to primates

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 522-529

  Maia da Silva, F ^a   Marcili, A ^a   Ortiz, P A ^a   Epiphanio, S ^b   Campaner, M ^a   Catao Dias J L ^a   Shaw, J J ^a   Camargo, E P ^a   Teixeira, M M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Host switching; Molecular diagnosis; Monkeys; Opportunist infection; Phylogenetic relationships; Primates; Trypanosoma lewisi

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MONKEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA LEWISI;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HAPLORHINI; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY; PHYLOGENY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRYPANOSOMA LEWISI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

HERPETOSOMA; PRIMATES; RATTUS; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); TRYPANOSOMA LEWISI;

EID: 77951974897     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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