An apparent role of dogs in the transmission of Toxoplasma gondii. The probable importance of xenosmophilia

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 791, Issue , 1996, Pages 402-407

  Frenkel, J K ^a,c   Parker, B B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Arrighetti Animal Hospital   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROCONVERSION; SEROTYPING; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0029739354     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb53546.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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