Survey for Encephalitozoon cuniculi in arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) in Greenland

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 228-232

  Åkerstedt, Johan ^a   Kapel, Christian M O ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alopex lagopus; Arctic fox; Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Greenland; Microsporidia; Parasitic zoonosis; Survey

Indexed keywords

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; CANIDAE; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; LAGOPUS; MICROSPORIDIA; RODENTIA; VULPES;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOX; GREENLAND; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FOXES; GREENLAND; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0141889543     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-39.1.228     Document Type: Article

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