Isolation of Encephalitozoon cuniculi Using Primary Tissue Culture Techniques from a Rabbit in a Colony Showing Encephalitozoonosis

Autor: Yuji Nakaoka, Daisuke Fukui, Gen Bando, Masao Kosuge, Masanori Yamaguchi, Koji Furuya
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 63:203-206
ISSN: 1347-7439
0916-7250
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.63.203
Popis: Encephalitozoon spores were isolated in a primary tissue culture of the kidneys from an encephalitozoonosis-suspected rabbit in a municipal zoo in Hokkaido. The isolated spores were morphologically characteristic of microsporidial ones in chromotrope stain, and proven to be E. cuniculi by a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with a species-specific primer set and by direct DNA sequencing of the PCR products.
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