Geographic expansion of baylisascaris procyonis roundworms, Florida, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1803-1804

  Blizzard, Emily L ^a   Yabsley, Michael J ^a   Beck, Margaret F ^b   Harsch, Stefan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Goose Creek Wildlife Sanctuary   (United States)

^c Wildlife Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL DISEASE; BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LETTER; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PUBLICATION; RACCOON; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ASCARIDIDA INFECTIONS; ASCARIDOIDEA; FECES; FLORIDA; RACCOONS;

EID: 77958551789     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1611.100549     Document Type: Letter

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