Trypanosomiasis in raccoons from Georgia

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 132-136

  Pietrzak, Stephanie M ^a   Pung, Oscar J ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatozoon sp.; Pathogenicity; Procyon lotor; Raccoon; Sarcocystis sp.; Trypanosoma cruzi; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; C3H MOUSE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RACCOON; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEART; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MYOCARDIUM; PREVALENCE; RACCOONS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0031608116     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.1.132     Document Type: Article

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