Microsporidiosis: Enterocytozoon bieneusi in domesticated and wild animals

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 363-371

  Santín, Mónica ^a   Fayer, Ronald ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterocytozoon bieneusi; Genotypes; ITS; Microsporidia

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ANIMAL DISEASE; BIRD DISEASE; CAT DISEASE; CATTLE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOG DISEASE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENTEROCYTOZOON; ENTEROCYTOZOON INFECTION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS SPORE; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GOAT DISEASE; GUINEA PIG DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE DISEASE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; LLAMAS DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIMATE DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABBIT DISEASE; REVIEW; RODENT DISEASE; SWINE DISEASE; SYMPTOM; TAXONOMY; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CATS; CATTLE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOGS; ENTEROCYTOZOON; HORSES; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; PRIMATES; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; EQUIDAE; MICROSPORIDIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 79955471552     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2010.07.014     Document Type: Review

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