Distribution, prevalence, and genetic characterization of Baylisascaris procyonis in selected areas of Georgia

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1128-1133

  Blizzard, Emily L ^a   Davis, Cheryl D ^a,b   Henke, Scott ^a,c   Long, David B ^a,d   Hall, Christopher A ^a,e   Yabsley, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^e BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; RIBOSOME RNA;

BIRD; MAMMAL; NEMATODE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMORPHISM;

ARTICLE; ASCARIDIA; BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); INTESTINE; JAPAN; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; RACCOON; RURAL AREA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXASCARIASIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WORM;

ANIMALS; ASCARIDIDA INFECTIONS; ASCARIDOIDEA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; GEORGIA; INTESTINES; KENTUCKY; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; RACCOONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; TEXAS;

GEORGIA; JAPAN; KENTUCKY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; TOXASCARIS LEONINA;

EID: 78650467509     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2518.1     Document Type: Article

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