Amebic meningoencephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris (leptomyxid ameba) in a horse.
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Publication Date: 1998-10-24 PubMed ID: 9786532DOI: 10.1177/104063879801000416Google Scholar: Lookup
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Kinde H, Visvesvara GS, Barr BC, Nordhausen RW, Chiu PH.
(1998).
Amebic meningoencephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris (leptomyxid ameba) in a horse.
J Vet Diagn Invest, 10(4), 378-381.
https://doi.org/10.1177/104063879801000416 Publication
Researcher Affiliations
- California Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory System, University of California, School of Veterinary Medicine, CVDLS San Bernardino Branch 92412, USA.
MeSH Terms
- Amebiasis / parasitology
- Amebiasis / veterinary
- Amoeba / isolation & purification
- Animals
- Brain / parasitology
- Brain / pathology
- Horse Diseases / parasitology
- Horses
- Male
- Meningoencephalitis / parasitology
- Meningoencephalitis / veterinary
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