High seroprevalence of Encephalitozoon cuniculi in pet rabbits in Japan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1301-1304

  Igarashi, Makoto ^a   Oohashi, Eiji ^b   Dautu, George ^a   Ueno, Akio ^a   Kariya, Tatsuya ^a   Furuya, Koji ^c  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Akashiya Animal Hospital   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Encephalitozoon cuniculi; IgG; IgM; Rabbit; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; JAPAN; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; JAPAN; RABBITS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 62149084145     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.70.1301     Document Type: Article

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