Microsporidia in household dogs and cats in Iran; a zoonotic concern

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 185, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 121-123

  Jamshidi, Sh ^a   Tabrizi, A Shojaee ^b   Bahrami, M ^c   Momtaz, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cat; Dog; Iran; Microsporidia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAT DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG DISEASE; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; ENTEROCYTOZOON; ENTEROCYTOZOON INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; IRAN; MICROSPORIDIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FECES; HUMANS; IRAN; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; PETS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 84858298105     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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