Original observations of Desmozoon lepeophtherii, a microsporidian hyperparasite infecting the salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis, and its subsequent detection by other researchers

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Freeman, Mark A ^a   Sommerville, Christina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copepod; Desmozoon; Grilse; Immunocompromised; Lepeophtheirus; Microsporidian; opportunistic; Paranucleospora

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; CARDIOMYOPATHY; DESMOZOON LEPEOPHTHERII; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MICROPARASITE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MYOSITIS; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCREAS DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POST MORTEM MYOLIQUEFACTION; SEA LOUSE INFESTATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; VIRUS DETECTION; ANIMAL; APANSPOROBLASTINA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COPEPOD; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

COPEPODA; LEPEOPHTHEIRUS; LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS; SALMO SALAR;

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMALS; APANSPOROBLASTINA; COPEPODA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH AMERICA; NORWAY; SALMO SALAR; SCOTLAND; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 83255164908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-231     Document Type: Article

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