Abstract:
:Trophozoites of the free-living amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, were isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid of meningoencephalitis patient. The infecting agent was identified as N. fowleri based on morphologic, serologic and molecular techniques carried out on the isolated organisms.
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Parasitol Intjournal_title
Parasitology internationalauthors
Hara T,Fukuma Tdoi
10.1016/j.parint.2005.06.001subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2005-12-01 00:00:00pages
219-21issue
4eissn
1383-5769issn
1873-0329pii
S1383-5769(05)00050-4journal_volume
54pub_type
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journal_title:Parasitology international
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doi:10.1016/j.parint.2016.06.011
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journal_title:Parasitology international
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journal_title:Parasitology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.parint.2012.06.004
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journal_title:Parasitology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.parint.2003.09.015
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journal_title:Parasitology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.parint.2007.12.009
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journal_title:Parasitology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.parint.2012.11.007
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.parint.2020.102236
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journal_title:Parasitology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.parint.2017.02.007
更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasitology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.parint.2009.09.004
更新日期:2010-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasitology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.parint.2020.102093
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journal_title:Parasitology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.parint.2015.08.003
更新日期:2015-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasitology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.parint.2008.04.008
更新日期:2008-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasitology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.parint.2015.12.002
更新日期:2016-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasitology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.parint.2017.12.005
更新日期:2018-04-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1016/j.parint.2020.102058
更新日期:2020-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasitology international
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journal_title:Parasitology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.parint.2013.09.011
更新日期:2015-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasitology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.parint.2007.03.002
更新日期:2007-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasitology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.parint.2005.11.002
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasitology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.parint.2007.09.006
更新日期:2008-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasitology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.parint.2020.102203
更新日期:2021-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::"Below is an essay by Prof. Tanabe originally written in Japanese. It gives an insight to Prof. Tanabe's inquiring mind and his approach to science. He also seek, as always, to inspire and nudge the young to scientific discovery". ...
journal_title:Parasitology international
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.parint.2014.11.010
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journal_title:Parasitology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.parint.2015.12.004
更新日期:2016-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasitology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.parint.2013.01.001
更新日期:2013-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer 1837)) is an ectoparasitic copepod which represents a major pathogen of wild and farmed salmonid fishes in the marine environment. In order to facilitate research on this ecologically and economically important parasite, a hatchery and culturing system permitting the c...
journal_title:Parasitology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.parint.2009.08.009
更新日期:2009-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Muscular sarcocystosis by Sarcocystis arctica was found for the first time in the Czech Republic, in different muscles of red fox (Vulpes vulpes). Cysts were slim, elongated, thread-like, whitish, 1-7mm long, and 206-270μm wide; bradyzoites were 7.9×2.7μm in unstained wet mounts and 9.2×2.9μm in cyst Giemsa-stained sm...
journal_title:Parasitology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.parint.2017.05.003
更新日期:2017-10-01 00:00:00