Serological survey for antibodies to encephalitozoon cuniculi in ownerless dogs from Urban areas of Brazil and Colombia

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 760-763

  Lindsay, David S ^a   Goodwin, David G ^a   Zajac, Anne M ^a   Cortes Vecino J A ^b   Gennari, S M ^c   Rosypal, Alexa C ^d   Dubey, J P ^e  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d JOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; FUNGUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; CANID; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTOZOAN; SERUM; SURVEY; URBAN SITE;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; URBAN AREA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CELL LINE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; MAMMALIA;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; BRAZIL; CELL LINE; COLOMBIA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH; ZOONOSES;

EID: 73949091071     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1890.1     Document Type: Article

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