Genetically different clonal isolates of Trichomonas gallinae, obtained from the same bird, can vary in their drug susceptibility, an in vitro evidence

Parasitology International

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-215

  Zimre Grabensteiner, Elvira ^a,b   Arshad, Najma ^a,c   Amin, Aziza ^a   Hess, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Clonal cultures; In vitro testing; Nitroimidazoles; Strains; Trichomonas gallinae

Indexed keywords

DIMETRIDAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; ORNIDAZOLE; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RONIDAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BIRD; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS GALLINAE;

ANIMALS; ANTITRICHOMONAL AGENTS; BIRD DISEASES; COLUMBIDAE; DIMETRIDAZOLE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC VARIATION; MELOPSITTACUS; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROIMIDAZOLES; ORNIDAZOLE; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RONIDAZOLE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS;

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBIFORMES; FALCONIFORMES; MELOPSITTACUS; PROTOZOA; PSITTACIFORMES; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS GALLINAE;

EID: 79953778585     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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