Serological evidence for Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection (nosemiasis) in gnotobiotic guineapigs

R Boot; F van Knapen; B C Kruijt; H C Walvoort

doi:10.1258/002367788780746296

Serological evidence for Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection (nosemiasis) in gnotobiotic guineapigs

Lab Anim. 1988 Oct;22(4):337-42. doi: 10.1258/002367788780746296.

Authors

R Boot¹, F van Knapen, B C Kruijt, H C Walvoort

Affiliation

¹ Department of Animal Supply, National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Hygiene, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.

PMID: 3148061
DOI: 10.1258/002367788780746296

Abstract

Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection (nosemiasis) was serologically diagnosed in hysterectomy-derived gnotobiotically reared guineapigs. The probability of vertical transplacental transmission is discussed.

MeSH terms

Animals
Encephalitozoon cuniculi
Female
Germ-Free Life*
Guinea Pigs*
Immune Sera / analysis
Maternal-Fetal Exchange
Pregnancy
Protozoan Infections / epidemiology
Protozoan Infections, Animal*
Rodent Diseases / epidemiology*
Serologic Tests / veterinary*

Substances

Immune Sera