Encephalomyelitis resembling human and ruminant rhombencephalitis caused by Listeria monocytogenes in a feline leukemia virus-infected cat

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 983-985

  Raith, K ^a   Muntener T ^a   Vandevelde, M ^a   Oevermann, A ^a  

^a VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 77956635158     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2010.0518.x     Document Type: Article

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