Prevalence of antibodies to Neospora caninum and Sarcocystis neurona in sera of domestic cats from Brazil

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1251-1252

  Dubey, J P ^d   Lindsay, D S ^d   Hill, D ^d   Romand, S ^a   Thulliez, P ^a   Kwok, O C H ^d   Silva, J C R ^b   Oliveira Camargo, M C ^c   Gennari, S M ^b  

^a Institut de Puericulture   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c CENTRO DE CONTROLE DE ZOONOSES   (Brazil)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; PARASITOLOGY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SEROLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; FELIS CATUS; FELIS DOMESTICUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA;

EID: 0036939251     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285503     Document Type: Article

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