Evaluation of ultrastructural changes associated with encephalomyocarditis virus in the myocardium of experimentally infected piglets

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1653-1657

  Psychas, Vassilios ^a   Papaioannou, Nikolaos ^a   Billinis, Charalampos ^a   Paschaleri Papadopoulou, Efpraxia ^b   Leontides, Sotirios ^a   Papadopoulos, Orestis ^a   Tsangaris, Thomas ^a   Vlemmas, John ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Infectious Diseases Hospital of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS;

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PATHOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CARDIOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS; HEART; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYOCARDIUM; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0035487071     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2001.62.1653     Document Type: Article

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