Molecular tools for the detection and identification of Ichthyobodo spp. (Kinetoplastida), important fish parasites

Parasitology International

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 675-683

  Isaksen, Trond E ^a   Karlsbakk, Egil ^b   Repstad, Oddvar ^c   Nylund, Are ^c  

^a Uni Research   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

18S rRNA gene; Ichthyobodo necator; Ichthyobodo salmonis; Kinetoplastida; Protozoa; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FISH; ICHTHYOBODO; ICHTHYOBODO HIPPOGLOSSI; ICHTHYOBODO NECATOR; ICHTHYOBODO SALMONIS; KINETOPLASTIDA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; EUGLENOZOA INFECTIONS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; KINETOPLASTIDA; NORWAY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ICHTHYOBODO; ICHTHYOBODO NECATOR; KINETOPLASTIDA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA;

EID: 84865987178     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: 18730329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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