Epizootic fatal amebiasis in an outdoor group of Old World monkeys

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 160-165

  Ulrich, Reiner ^a   Böer, Michael ^b   Herder, Vanessa ^a   Spitzbarth, Ingo ^a   Hewicker Trautwein, Marion ^a   Baumgärtner, Wolfgang ^a   Wohlsein, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Am Tierpark ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Colobinae; Entamoeba histolytica; Gastritis; Hanuman langur; Hepatitis; Mantled guereza

Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FATALITY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GRANULOMATOUS HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOZOITE;

AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; COLOBUS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MALE; STOMACH;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; COLOBINAE; COLOBUS GUEREZA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PRESBYTIS ENTELLUS; PRIMATES; PROTOZOA; SEMNOPITHECUS ENTELLUS;

EID: 77953780933     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: 16000684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2010.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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