Encephalitozoonosis in rabbits

Parasitology Research

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 299-309

  Künzel, Frank ^b   Joachim, Anja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; FENBENDAZOLE; FUMAGILLIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; OXIBENDAZOLE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; SPARFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE; TIABENDAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

BODY FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG EFFECT; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MICROSPORIDIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAN SPORE; RABBIT; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EYE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; EYE; KIDNEY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; RABBITS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 77949318583     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1679-3     Document Type: Review

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