Acute fatal toxoplasmosis in squirrels (Sciurus carolensis) with bradyzoites in visceral tissues

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 658-659

  Dubey, J P ^a   Hodgin, E C ^b   Hamir, A N ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; CYST; IMMUNOASSAY; LESION; PARASITE; PROTOZOAN; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LYMPH NODE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SECRETION; OOCYST; SCIURUS CAROLENSIS; SQUIRREL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VISCERA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LOUISIANA; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MALE; NECROSIS; PHILADELPHIA; RODENT DISEASES; SCIURIDAE; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33746531670     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-749R.1     Document Type: Article

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