Prevalence of agglutinating antibodies to Sarcocystis neurona in Skunks (Mephitis mephitis), raccoons (Procyon lotor), and opossums (Didelphis virginiana) from Connecticut

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1027-1029

  Mitchell, Sheila M ^a   Richardson, Dennis J ^a   Cheadle, M Andy ^a   Zajac, Anne M ^a   Lindsay, David S ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE;

ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HORSE; INTERMEDIATE HOST; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; OPOSSUM; RACCOON; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; UNITED STATES;

CONNECTICUT; UNITED STATES;

CARNIVORA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MEPHITIDAE; MEPHITIS; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA;

EID: 0036801451     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[1027:poaats]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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