First diagnosis of Encephalitozoon intestinalis and E. hellem in a European brown hare (Lepus europaeus) with kidney lesions

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 131-134

  De Bosschere, H ^a   Wang, Z ^b   Orlandi, P A ^c  

^a Veterinary Section   (Belgium)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; E. Hellem; Encephalitozoon intestinalis; European brown hare; Kidney; Molecular methods

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENCEPHALITOZOON; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HARE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SAFETY; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HARES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZOONOSES;

ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOON HELLEM; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; LEPUS CAPENSIS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 34247396581     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2007.01034.x     Document Type: Article

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