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Spatial distance between sites of sampling associated with genetic variation among Neospora caninum in aborted bovine foetuses from northern Italy.
Parasites & vectors - 13 Jan 2021
Villa Luca, Maksimov Pavlo, Luttermann Christine, Tuschy Mareen, Gazzonis Alessia L, Zanzani Sergio A, Mortarino Michele, Conraths Franz J, Manfredi Maria Teresa, Schares Gereon
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BACKGROUND: Neospora caninum, a coccidian protozoan, represents an important cause of bovine abortion. Available N. caninum strains show considerable variation in vitro and in vivo, including different virulence in cattle. To which extent sexual recombination, which is possible in the intestines of domestic dogs and closely related carnivores as definitive hosts, contributes to this variation is not clear yet....
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