Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii, Sarcocystis neurona, and Encephalitozoon cuniculi in three species of lemurs from St. Catherines Island, GA, USA

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 28-32

  Yabsley, Michael J ^a,b   Jordan, Carly N ^c   Mitchell, Sheila M ^c   Norton, Terry M ^d   Lindsay, David S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Anatomic Pathology Service Department of Veterinary Pathobiology College of Veterinary   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d St Catherines Island Wildlife Survival Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglutination assay; Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Georgia; Lemur; Prosimian; Sarcocystis neurona; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; EULEMUR MACACO FLAVIFRONS; LEMUR CATTA; NONHUMAN; PROSIMIAN; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UNITED STATES; VARECIA VARIEGATA VARIEGATA;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; GEORGIA; LEMUR; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; EULEMUR MACACO; EULEMUR MACACO FLAVIFRONS; LEMUR; LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; STREPSIRHINI; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VARECIA VARIEGATA; VARECIA VARIEGATA VARIEGATA;

EID: 33846586025     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.09.020     Document Type: Article

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