Molecular evidence of shared hookworm Ancylostoma tubaeforme haplotypes between the critically endangered Iberian lynx and sympatric domestic cats

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 186, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 518-522

  Millán, Javier ^a   Blasco Costa, Isabel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ancylostomiasis; Hookworm; Reservoir; Spain

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMA TUBAEFORME; ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE SUBUNIT I GENE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; HAPLOTYPE; LYNX; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYMPATRY;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HAPLOTYPES; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; LYNX; PHYLOGENY;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMA TUBAEFORME; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS;

EID: 84860249364     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.11.027     Document Type: Article

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