Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar infections in cynomolgus monkeys imported into Japan for research

Parasitology Research

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-257

  Takano, Jun Ichiro ^a   Narita, Toyoko ^a   Tachibana, Hiroshi ^b   Shimizu, Toshiyuki ^c   Komatsubara, Hirofumi ^c   Terao, Keiji ^d   Fujimoto, Koji ^a  

^a The Corporation for Production and Research of Laboratory Primates   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HAMRI Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

AMEBIASIS; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CYST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES; JAPAN; MACACA; MICROSCOPY; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHILIPPINES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SEROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHINA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DYSENTERY, AMEBIC; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; JAPAN; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MONKEY DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PHILIPPINES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; MACACA FASCICULARIS;

EID: 27544445664     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-1415-6     Document Type: Article

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