Isolates of Encephalitozoon cuniculi from farmed blue foxes (Alopex lagopus) from Norway differ from isolates from Swiss domestic rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 727-730

  Mathis, A ^a   Akerstedt J ^b   Tharaldsen, J ^b   Odegaard O ^b   Deplazes, P ^a  

^a Institute of Parasitology   (Switzerland)

^b Central Veterinary Laboratory   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FOX; GENETIC MARKER; MICROSPORA; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOGS; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FOXES; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; RABBITS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SWITZERLAND;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; LAGOPUS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VULPES LAGOPUS;

EID: 0029815670     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050192     Document Type: Article

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