Serological survey for antibodies to Encephalitozoon cuniculi in pet rabbits in Italy

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 173-175

  Dipineto, L ^a   Rinaldi, L ^a   Santaniello, A ^a   Sensale, M ^a   Cuomo, A ^a   Calabria, M ^a   Menna, L F ^a   Fioretti, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

CIA test; ELISA; Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Pet rabbit; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOASSAY; ITALY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RABBIT; SEROLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNOASSAY; ITALY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABBITS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 40549086570     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2007.01097.x     Document Type: Article

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