The potential impact of native Australian trypanosome infections on the health of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus)

Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 873-883

  McInnes, L M ^a   Gillett, A ^b   Hanger, J ^b   Reid, S A ^a   Ryan, U M ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Zoo Wildlife Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; koala; pathogenicity; potentiation; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BONE MARROW DISEASE; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; KOALA; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA COPEMANI; TRYPANOSOMA GILLETTI; TRYPANOSOMA IRWINI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BODY CONSTITUTION; COINFECTION; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEX FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 79958787907     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182011000369     Document Type: Article

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