Fatal toxoplasmosis and concurrent Calodium hepaticum infection in Korean squirrels (Tanias sibericus)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 180-183

  Carrasco, L ^a   Raya, A I ^a   Nunez A ^a   Gomez Laguna J ^a   Hernandez S ^a   Dubey, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calodium hepaticum; Electronmicroscopy; Immunohistchemistry; Tachyzoites; Tissue cysts; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CAPILLARIA; NONHUMAN; SQUIRREL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CAPILLARIA; ENOPLIDA INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KOREA; RODENT DISEASES; SCIURIDAE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CAPILLARIA; PROTOZOA; SCIURIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33644899369     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.11.026     Document Type: Article

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