Temporal dynamics of spore release of the crayfish plague pathogen from its natural host, American spiny-cheek crayfish (Orconectes limosus), evaluated by transmission experiments

Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 792-801

  Svoboda, J ^a   Kozubikova Balcarova E ^a   Kouba, A ^b   Buric M ^b   Kozak P ^b   Dieguez Uribeondo J ^c   Petrusek, A ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aphanomyces astaci; Astacus astacus; crayfish plague transmission; host moulting; Orconectes limosus; real time PCR; sporulation

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTACUS ASTACUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; CRAYFISH PLAGUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA ISOLATION; DONOR; EUKARYOTIC SPORE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOLTING; NATURAL HOST; NONHUMAN; ORCONECTES LIMOSUS; PARASITE; PATHOGEN LOAD; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECIPIENT; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; APHANOMYCES; ASTACOIDEA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES;

APHANOMYCES ASTACI; ASTACOIDEA; ASTACUS ASTACUS; ORCONECTES LIMOSUS; PONTASTACUS LEPTODACTYLUS;

EID: 84875976372     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182012002223     Document Type: Article

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