A Sarcocystis neurona-like organism associated with encephalitis in a striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 172-174

  Dubey, J P ^a   Hamir, A N ^b   Niezgoda, M ^c   Rupprecht, C E ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARNIVORE; COCCIDIA; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; SARCOCYSTIS; SCHIZONT; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS; MALE; MEPHITIDAE; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS;

ANIMALIA; COCCIDIA; GADUS MORHUA; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0029929399     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284135     Document Type: Article

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