Ultrastructural Morphology of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in Biliary Epithelium of Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 292-296

  Chalifoux, L V ^b   Mackey, J ^b   Carville, A ^b   Shvetz, D ^b   Lin, K C ^b   Lackner, A ^b   Mansfield, K G ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Enterocytozoon bieneusi; Macaca mulatta; Microsporidia; Simian immunodeficiency virus

Indexed keywords

ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; MACACA MULATTA; MICROSPORIDIA; SIMIAE; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPITHELIUM CELL; GALLBLADDER; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIFE CYCLE; MACACA; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MONKEY DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GALLBLADDER; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MACACA MULATTA; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MONKEY DISEASES; SIMIAN ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME;

EID: 0032113222     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030098589803500408     Document Type: Article

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