Trypanosoma cruzi infection of free-ranging lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus) and ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) on St. Catherine's Island, Georgia, USA

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-30

  Pung, Oscar J ^a   Spratt, Jeffrey ^b   Clark, C Graham ^c   Norton, Terry M ^d   Carter, Jeffrey ^e  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d North Carolina Zoological Park   (United States)

^e Jacksonville Zoological Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Lemur catta; Macaca silenus; Raccoon; Translocation; Triatoma sanguisuga; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MACACA; MALE; MONKEY DISEASE; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE DISEASE; PROSIMIAN; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GEORGIA; INSECT VECTORS; LEMUR; MACACA; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE DISEASES; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0032011760     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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