Amebic meningoencephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris (leptomyxid ameba) in a horse

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 378-381

  Kinde, Hailu ^a   Visvesvara, Govinda S ^b   Barr, Brad C ^c   Nordhausen, Robert W ^c   Chiu, Phillip H W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c CVDLS Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS; AMOEBA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

AMEBIASIS; AMOEBA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 0032177642     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063879801000416     Document Type: Article

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