Canine hepatozoonosis: Two disease syndromes caused by separate Hepatozoon spp.

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-31

  Baneth, Gad ^a   Mathew, John S ^b   Shkap, Varda ^c   Macintire, Douglass K ^d   Barta, John R ^e   Ewing, Sidney A ^f  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^f OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANINE HEPATOZOONOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEPATOZOON AMERICANUM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYOSITIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; REVIEW; TAXONOMY; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ACARI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON AMERICANUM; HEPATOZOON CANIS; PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037213021     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(02)00016-8     Document Type: Article

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