In utero transmission of Encephalitozoon cuniculi strain type I in rabbits

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 132-138

  Baneux, Philippe J R ^a   Pognan, F ^b  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Rabbits; Transplacental infection; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; FEMALE; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RABBIT; SERODIAGNOSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RABBITS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0037394755     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/00236770360563778     Document Type: Article

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