Seroprevalence of Neospora caninum infection in dogs from rural and urban environments in Tehran, Iran

Parasitology Research

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1563-1565

  Haddadzadeh, H R ^a   Sadrebazzaz, A ^b   Malmasi, A ^a   Talei Ardakani, H ^a   Khazraii Nia, P ^a   Sadreshirazi, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b RAZI VACCINE AND SERUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION RATE; IRAN; MALE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IRAN; NEOSPORA; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34948837874     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0678-5     Document Type: Article

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