Variable levels of immunity to experimental Eimeria arizonensis infections in natural, seminatural, and laboratory populations of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 750-757

  Fuller, Claire A ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNITY; DEER MOUSE; IMMUNITY LEVEL; PROTOZOA;

COCCIDIA; EIMERIA ARIZONENSIS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS;

EID: 0029769718     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z96-085     Document Type: Article

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