Serological evidence of human infection with the protozoan Neospora caninum

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 765-767

  Tranas, Jennifer ^a   Heinzen, Robert A ^a   Weiss, Louis M ^b   Mcallister, Milton M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0032850331     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.5.765-767.1999     Document Type: Article

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