Experimental quantification of the feline leukaemia virus in the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) and its faeces

Parasitology Research

Volumn 97, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Vobis, M ^a   D'Haese, J ^a   Mehlhorn, H ^a   Mencke, N ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CTENOCEPHALIDES; FECES; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; LEUKEMIA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; FECES; FLEAS; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE; RNA, VIRAL; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; FELIDAE; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; LEUKAEMIA VIRUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 26844482651     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-1452-1     Document Type: Article

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