Prevalence of antibodies to trypanosoma cruzi, leishmania infantum, encephalitozoon cuniculi, sarcocystis neurona, and neospora caninum in capybara, hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, from São Paulo State, Brazil

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 521-524

  Valadas, Samantha ^a   Gennari, Solange Maria ^a   Yai, Lucia Eiko Oishi ^a,b   Rosypal, Alexa C ^a,c   Lindsay, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO DE CONTROLE DE ZOONOSES   (Brazil)

^c JOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; BIOASSAY; PATHOGEN; PROTOZOAN; RODENT; SERUM;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; EPIMASTIGOTE; HYDROCHOERUS HYDROCHAERIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MEROZOITE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PREVALENCE; PROMASTIGOTE; RODENT; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; TACHYZOITE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHAGAS DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; NEOSPORA; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NEOSPORA CANINUM; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77953839583     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2368.1     Document Type: Article

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