Enterocytozoon bieneusi in animals: Rabbits and dogs as new hosts

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages

  Del Aguila, Carmen ^a   Izquierdo, Fernando ^a   Navajas, Raquel ^a   Pieniazek, Norman J ^b   Miró, Guadalupe ^c   Alonso, Ana I ^c   Da Silva, Alexandre J ^b   Fenoy, Soledad ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; PATHOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; DOGS; FECES; MICROSPORIDA; RABBITS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0033199161     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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