Echinococcus ortleppi (G5) and Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto (G1) loads in cattle from Southern Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 188, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 255-260

  Balbinotti, Helier ^a   Santos, Guilherme B ^a   Badaraco, Jeferson ^a   Arend, Ana C ^a   Graichen, Daniel ângelo S ^a   Haag, Karen L ^b   Zaha, Arnaldo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cystic hydatid disease; Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto; Echinococcus ortleppi

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AMPLICON; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE SUBUNIT 1 GENE; DNA EXTRACTION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS SENSU STRICTO; ECHINOCOCCUS ORTLEPPI; FERTILITY; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEART; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HEART; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; PARASITE LOAD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPLEEN;

BOS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS ORTLEPPI;

EID: 84864561057     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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