Molecular survey of enterocytozoon bieneusi in a Japanese porcine population

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 425-427

  Abe, Niichiro ^a   Kimata, Isao ^b  

^a OSAKA CITY INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enterocytozoon bieneusi; Microsporidia; Porcine; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENTEROCYTOZOON; ENTEROCYTOZOON INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ENTEROCYTOZOON; FECES; JAPAN; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; MAMMALIA; MICROSPORIDIA; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 77952370648     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0039     Document Type: Article

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