Trichinella papuae and Trichinella zimbabwensis induce infection in experimentally infected varans, caimans, pythons and turtles

Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 333-342

  Pozio, E ^a   Marucci, G ^a   Casulli, A ^a   Sacchi, L ^b   Mukaratirwa, S ^c   Foggin, C M ^d   La Rosa, G ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^d Central Veterinary Laboratory Harare   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Caiman; Experimental infection; Python; Reptile; Trichinella papuae; Trichinella zimbabwensis; Turtle; Varan

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; INFECTION; LIFE CYCLE; MOUSE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA BRITOVI; TRICHINELLA MURRELLI; TRICHINELLA NATIVA; TRICHINELLA NELSONI; TRICHINELLA PAPUAE; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINELLA ZIMBABWENSIS; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; INTESTINES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPTILES; TEMPERATURE; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMALIA; CAIMAN; CAIMAN CROCODILUS; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); GALLUS GALLUS; NEMATODA; PELOMEDUSA SUBRUFA; PYTHON MOLURUS; PYTHON MOLURUS BIVITTATUS; PYTHONIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; TESTUDINES; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA BRITOVI; TRICHINELLA MURRELLI; TRICHINELLA NATIVA; TRICHINELLA NELSONI; TRICHINELLA PSEUDOSPIRALIS; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; VARANUS; VARANUS EXANTHEMATICUS;

EID: 0346651286     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182003004542     Document Type: Article

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