Dermocystid infection and associated skin lesions in free-living palmate newts (Lissotriton helveticus) from Southern France

Parasitology International

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 344-350

  González Hernández, Milagros ^a,b   Denoël, Mathieu ^c   Duffus, Amanda J L ^a,d   Garner, Trenton W J ^a   Cunningham, Andrew A ^a   Acevedo Whitehouse, Karina ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Dermocystida; Emerging infectious disease; Lissotriton helveticus; Mesomycetozoa; Palmate newt; Skin

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RNA 18S;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AMPHIBIAN DISEASE; AMPHYBIOCYSTIDIUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FRANCE; HISTOLOGY; ICHTHYOSPOREA; ICHTHYOSPOREA INFECTION; LISSOTRITON HELVETICUS; NEWT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMPHIBIA; CHOANOZOA; DERMOCYSTIDA; DERMOCYSTIDIUM; SALAMANDRIDAE; TRITURUS HELVETICUS;

EID: 77955322216     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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