Identification and genetic characterization of Cytauxzoon felis in asymptomatic domestic cats and bobcats

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 172, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 311-316

  Brown, Holly M ^a   Lockhart, J Mitchell ^b   Latimer, Kenneth S ^a   Peterson, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Cytauxzoon felis; Internal transcribed spacer region; Molecular diagnostics; Parasite; Piroplasms; Reservoir host

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PARASITE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTAUXZOON FELIS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; LYNX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PIROPLASMIDA; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

CYTAUXZOON FELIS; FELIS CATUS; LYNX RUFUS;

EID: 77956010496     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.04.041     Document Type: Article

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