First outbreak of Baylisascaris procyonis larva migrans in rabbits in Japan

Parasitology International

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 105-108

  Sato, Hiroshi ^a   Furuoka, Hidefumi ^b   Kamiya, Haruo ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baylisascaris procyonis; Larva migrans; Outbreak; Rabbit; Raccoon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; LARVA MIGRANS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RACCOON; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ASCARIDIDA INFECTIONS; ASCARIDOIDEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; JAPAN; LARVA MIGRANS; RABBITS; RACCOONS;

BAYLISASCARIS; BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 0036186259     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5769(01)00101-5     Document Type: Article

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