Molecular and histopathological detection of Hepatozoon canis in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Portugal

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Cardoso, Luís ^a,b   Cortes, Helder C E ^c   Eyal, Osnat ^d   Reis, Antónia ^c   Lopes, Ana Patrícia ^a,e   Vila Viçosa, Maria João ^c   Rodrigues, Paula A ^a,e   Baneth, Gad ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Canine vector borne diseases; Hepatozoon canis; Histopathology; Polymerase chain reaction; Portugal; Red fox; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S; PARAFFIN; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BONE MARROW; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE PRODUCT; HEART; HEPATOZOON CANIS; HEPATOZOONOSIS; HINDLIMB; HISTOPATHOLOGY; JEJUNUM; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOON; SCHIZONT; SPLEEN; TONGUE; VULPES VULPES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; FOX; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; TICK; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EUCOCCIDIIDA; FEMALE; FOXES; MALE; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

EID: 84899073177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-113     Document Type: Article

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