Pentatrichomonas hominis: First isolation from the feces of a dog with diarrhea in China

Parasitology Research

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1795-1801

  Li, Wen Chao ^a,b   Gong, Peng Tao ^a   Ying, Meng ^a   Li, Jian Hua ^a   Yang, Ju ^a   Li, He ^a   Yang, Zheng Tao ^a   Zhang, Guo Cai ^a   Zhang, Xi Chen ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ANHUI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Dogs; Electron microscopy; PCR; Pentatrichomonas hominis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RNA 18S; RNA 5.8S;

ARTICLE; AXOPLASM; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL VACUOLE; CHINA; DIARRHEA; DOG; EF 1APHA; FECES MICROFLORA; FETAL CALF SERUM; FLAGELLUM; GENE LOCUS; GOLGI COMPLEX; HYDROGENOSOME; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROBIAL GENE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRICHOMONAS HOMINIS;

ANIMALS; CHINA; DIARRHEA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DOGS; FECES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; TRICHOMONADIDA;

EID: 84901362885     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-3825-9     Document Type: Article

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