Diversity and distribution of Blastocystis sp. subtypes in non-human primates

Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 966-971

  Alfellani, Mohammed A ^a,i   Jacob, Alison S ^a   Perea, Natali Ortiz ^a   Krecek, Rosina C ^b,c   Taner Mulla, Derya ^a   Verweij, Jaco J ^d,j   Levecke, Bruno ^e,f   Tannich, Egbert ^g   Clark, C Graham ^a   Stensvold, C Rune ^h  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^g BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^h STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

ⁱ SEBHA UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^j Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Blastocystis; genetic diversity; host range; non human primates

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ALOUATTA; APE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS; CALLITHRIX; CERCOCEBUS; CERCOPITHECUS; CHLOROCEBUS; COLOBINAE; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCEBUS; GORILLA; HAPLORHINI; LEONTOPITHECUS; LOPHOCEBUS; MACACA; MANDRILLUS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAGUINUS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPIDER MONKEY; WOOLLY MONKEY;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLORHINI; HOST SPECIFICITY; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE DISEASES; PRIMATES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPSIRHINI;

BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS SP.; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 84878850219     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182013000255     Document Type: Article

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