Prevalence of antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi, Toxoplasma gondii, Encephalitozoon cuniculi, Sarcocystis neurona, Besnoitia darlingi, and Neospora caninum in North American opossums, Didelphis virginiana, from Southern Louisiana

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1119-1122

  Houk, Alice E ^a   Goodwin, David G ^a   Zajac, Anne M ^a   Barr, Stephen C ^a,b   Dubey, J P ^a,c   Lindsay, David S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBIOTICS; IMMUNOASSAY; MARSUPIAL; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE RESISTANCE; PROTOZOAN; SAMPLING;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BESNOITIA DARLINGI; BLOOD SAMPLING; COCCIDIA; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IN VITRO STUDY; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; OPOSSUM; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; DIDELPHIS; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; LOUISIANA; NEOSPORA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ZOONOSES;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

BESNOITIA DARLINGI; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 78650461214     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2515.1     Document Type: Article

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