Evidence for a role of the host-specific flea (Paraceras melis) in the transmission of Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) pestanai to the European badger

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Lizundia, Regina ^a   Newman, Chris ^b   Buesching, Christina D ^b   Ngugi, Daniel ^a   Blake, Damer ^a   Sin, Yung Wa ^b   Macdonald, David W ^b   Wilson, Alan ^a   McKeever, Declan ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPEAN BADGER; FEMALE; FLEA; GENOTYPE; HOST RANGE; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA PESTANAI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CELL CULTURE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MUSTELIDAE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ARTHROPODA; MELES MELES; PARACERAS MELIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); TRYPANOSOMA PESTANAI;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MUSTELIDAE; PREVALENCE; SIPHONAPTERA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 79951918984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016977     Document Type: Article

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