Pathogenic characterization in mice of Neospora caninum isolates obtained from asymptomatic calves

Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1057-1068

  Pereira Garcia Melo D ^a   Regidor Cerrillo, J ^a   Collantes Fernandez E ^a   Aguado Martinez A ^a   Del Pozo, I ^b   Minguijn, E ^b   Gomez Bautista M ^a   Aduriz, G ^b   Ortega Mora, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bovine isolates; Mice; Neospora caninum; Pathogenic characterization

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALF (BOVINE); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOUSE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEOSPORA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

BOVINAE; MUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 77953609265     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009991855     Document Type: Article

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