Seroprevalence of anti-Kudoa sp. (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) antibodies in a Spanish population

Parasitology Research

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1205-1211

  Martínez De Velasco, Gonzalo ^a   Rodero, Marta ^a   Chivato, Tomás ^b   Cuéllar, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CENTRAL DE LA DEFENSA GÓMEZ ULLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; FISH; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; KUDOA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; FISHES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PROTOZOA; SPAIN;

KUDOA; MULTIVALVULIDA; MUS; MYXOSPOREA;

EID: 33947385037     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0390-x     Document Type: Article

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