The South American opossum, Didelphis marsupialis, from Brazil as another definitive host for Sarcocystis speeri Dubey and Lindsay, 1999

Parasitology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 589-594

  Dubey, J P ^a   Kerber, C E ^b   Lindsay, D S ^c   Kasai, N ^d   Pena, H F J ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Paddock Laboratórie de Análises   (Brazil)

^c CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Didelphis marsupialis; Opossum; Sarcocystis speeri; Schizonts; Sporocysts

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIVER HOMOGENATE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS SPEERI; SCHIZONT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPOROZOON;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BRAIN; BRAZIL; GAIT; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, NUDE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OPOSSUMS; PARROTS; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS ALBIVENTRIS; DIDELPHIS MARSUPIALIS; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; MARMOSA; MELOPSITTACUS; MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS; MUS MUSCULUS; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS FALCATULA; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SARCOCYSTIS SPEERI; SPOROZOA;

EID: 0034527751     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200000682X     Document Type: Article

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