Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in wild small mammals: Seroprevalence, DNA detection and genotyping

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 223, Issue , 2016, Pages 88-90

  Machačová, Tereza ^a   Ajzenberg, Daniel ^c,d   Žákovská, Alena ^b   Sedlák, Kamil ^e   Bártová, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^e Statni veterinarni ustav Praha   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Genotype; Neosporosis; Rodents; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; APODEMUS AGRARIUS; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROCIDURA SUAVEOLENS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA DETERMINATION; EMBRYO; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; INSECTIVORE; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MICROTUS SUBTERRANEUS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MUS MUSCULUS; MYODES GLAREOLUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SOREX ARANEUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; COCCIDIOSIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; SHREW; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VETERINARY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COCCIDIOSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEOSPORA; RODENTIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHREWS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84964542764     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2016.04.018     Document Type: Article

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