PCR detection of Angiostrongylus vasorum in faecal samples of dogs and foxes

Parasitology Research

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 135-140

  Al Sabi, Mohammad N S ^a   Deplazes, Peter ^b   Webster, Pia ^a   Willesen, Jakob L ^a   Davidson, Rebecca K ^c   Kapel, Christian M O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FECES ANALYSIS; FOX; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LARVA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EUROPE; FECES; FOXES; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS VASORUM; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; VERMES;

EID: 77953649788     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-1847-5     Document Type: Article

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