The Sarcocystis-cyst containing beef and pork as the sources of natural intestinal sarcocystosis in Thai people

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2128-2135

  Bunyaratvej, Sukhum ^a   Unpunyo, Piyapong ^b   Pongtippan, Atcharaporn ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b LAMPANG HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Sarcocystis bovihominis; Sarcocystis fusiformis; Sarcocystis meischeriana; Sarcocystis suihominis

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BUFFALO; COCCIDIOSIS; CYST; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; INTESTINE INFECTION; MARKET; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; SAMPLING; SARCOCYSTIS; SWINE; THAILAND; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SWINE; THAILAND;

EID: 35848937768     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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