The occurrence of antibodies to Naegleria species in wild mammals

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-77

  Kollars Jr , Thomas M ^a,b   Wilhelm, Walter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION RISK; NAEGLERIA; NONHUMAN; RNA ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SLUDGE;

AMEBIASIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; MALE; MAMMALS; MURIDAE; NAEGLERIA; OPOSSUMS; RACCOONS; SHREWS; TENNESSEE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; NAEGLERIA;

EID: 0029979546     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284118     Document Type: Article

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