Histological identification of muscular sarcocystis: A report of two cases
Sarcocystis is an apicomplexan protozoan belonging to same phylum as toxoplasma. The parasite encysts inside striated muscles of its intermediate host. Humans are accidental host infected by eating food or water contaminated with oocysts or sporocysts of an infected definitive host. The infection is...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2012;volume=55;issue=4;spage=552;epage=554;aulast=Makhija |