Prevalence of agglutinating antibodies to Sarcocystis neurona in raccoons (procyon lotor) from an urban area of Virginia

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 881-882

  Hancock, Katie ^a   Zajac, Anne M ^a   Elvinger, Francois ^b   Lindsay, David S ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; PARASITE PREVALENCE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RACCOON; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DISEASE VECTORS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; RACCOONS; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VIRGINIA;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EQUIDAE; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA;

EID: 4344639560     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-302R     Document Type: Article

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