Cytologic identification of Toxoplasma gondii in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of experimentally infected cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 210, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 648-650

  Hawkins, Eleanor C ^a   Davidson, Michael G ^a   Meuten, Donald J ^a   Rottman, James B ^a,b   Kennedy Stoskopf, Suzanne ^a   Levy, Julie K ^a   Ritchey, Jerry W ^a   Cullins, Laura D ^a   Tompkins, Mary B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; PARASITOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FELINE ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, FELINE; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0031092670     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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