Spraguea (Microsporida: Spraguidae) infections in the nervous system of the Japanese anglerfish, Lophius litulon (Jordan), with comments on transmission routes and host pathology

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 445-452

  Freeman, M A ^a   Yokoyama, H ^b   Osada, A ^c   Yoshida, T ^c   Yamanobe, A ^c   Ogawa, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Fukushima Prefectural Fisheries Experimental Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lophius; Microsporidia; Spraguea; Supramedullary cells; Transmission; Xenoma

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APANSPOROBLASTINA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; FEMALE; FISH; FISH DISEASE; JAPAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; APANSPOROBLASTINA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; JAPAN; MALE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; PREVALENCE;

LOPHIIFORMES; LOPHIUS; LOPHIUS LITULON; MICROSPORIDIA; SPRAGUEA; SPRAGUIDAE;

EID: 79955616319     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2011.01255.x     Document Type: Article

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