Molecular identification of Entamoeba spp. in captive nonhuman primates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2988-2990

  Levecke, B ^a,b   Dreesen, Leentje ^a   Dorny, Pierre ^a,c   Verweij, Jaco J ^d   Vercammen, Francis ^b   Casaert, Stijn ^a   Vercruysse, Jozef ^a   Geldhof, Peter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HARMANNI; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA MOSHKOVSKII; ENTAMOEBA POLECKI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NONHUMAN PRIMATE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PRIMATE DISEASES; RNA GENE; VETERINARY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FECES; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRIMATE DISEASES; PRIMATES; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HARTMANNI; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA MOSHKOVSKII; ENTAMOEBA POLECKI; PRIMATES;

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

EID: 77955454386     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00013-10     Document Type: Article

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