Antigenic analysis of gamonts of Hepatozoon canis purified from leukocytes

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 289-294

  Baneth, Gad ^a   Shkap, Varda ^a,b   Samish, Michael ^a,b   Jaffe, Charles L ^a,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; DOG; HEPATOZOON CANIS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITEMIA; PROTOZOON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEPATOZOON CANIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034031704     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0289:aaogoh]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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