Isolation and characterization of an avian isolate of Encephalitozoon hellem

Parasitology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-14

  Snowden, K F ^a   Logan, K ^a   Phalen, D N ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Encephalitozoon; Microspora; Psittacine bird; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; MICROSPORIDA; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRD DISEASES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSITTACIFORMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZOONOSES;

AGAPORNIS ROSEICOLLIS; ANIMALIA; AVES; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOON HELLEM; EUKARYOTA; MICROSPORIDIA; PROTOZOA; PRUNUS PERSICA; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 0033865740     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099005995     Document Type: Article

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