A perfect time to harness advanced molecular technologies to explore the fundamental biology of Toxocara species

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 353-364

  Gasser, Robin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ascaridoids; Disease; Molecular biology; Parasite host interactions; Toxocara canis; Toxocara cati; Toxocarosis

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; GENETIC MARKER;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBIOLOGY; LARVA MIGRANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NEUROTOXOCAROSIS; NONHUMAN; OCULAR LARVA MIGRANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARA CATI; TOXOCARIASIS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; DOG; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ASCARIDOIDEA; HARNESS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARA CATI;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DOGS; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84875079895     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.12.031     Document Type: Article

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