Prevalence of Sarcocystis species sporocysts in Northern Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 427-431

  Elsheikha, Hany M ^a   Murphy, Alice J ^a   Mansfield, Linda S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; JUVENILE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS FALCATULA; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; TIME;

ANIMALIA; COCCIDIA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS FALCATULA; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA;

EID: 4143151598     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-004-1150-4     Document Type: Article

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