Sarcocystis cruzi: Comparative studies confirm natural infections of buffaloes

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 460-466

  Xiang, Zheng ^a   He, Yongshu ^a   Zhao, Hui ^a   Rosenthal, Benjamin M ^b   Dunams, Detiger B ^b   Li, Xiaomei ^a   Zuo, Yangxian ^c   Feng, Guohua ^a   Cui, Liwang ^d   Yang, Zhaoqing ^a  

^a KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Definitive host; Phylogeny; Sarcocyst; Ultrastructure; Water buffalo

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ESOPHAGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS CRUZI; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES COMPARISON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOGS; ESOPHAGUS; HEART; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS;

BOS; BOVINAE; BUBALUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS CRUZI;

EID: 78751582187     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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