Prevalence of and risk factors associated with the presence of Sarcocystis neurona sporocysts in opossum (Didelphis virginiana) from Michigan: A retrospective study

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 277-286

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

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Opossum; Prevalence; Sarcocystis neurona; Sporocysts; USA

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; MOUSE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPRING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER; SUPERINFECTION; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICHIGAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPOSSUMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA;

EID: 5144224073     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.07.024     Document Type: Article

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