Neospora caninum infection and repeated abortions in humans

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 278-280

  Petersen, Eskild ^a   Lebech, Morten ^a   Jensen, Lene ^b   Lind, Peter ^b   Rask, Martin ^b   Bagger, Peter ^c   Björkman, Camilla ^d   Uggla, Arvid ^d  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b Sensory Science Group   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PARASITE; RECURRENT ABORTION; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 0032954504     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0502.990215     Document Type: Article

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