Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in naturally exposed wild coyotes, red foxes, and gray foxes and serologic diagnosis of toxoplasmosis in red foxes fed T. gondii oocysts and tissue cysts

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 240-243

  Dubey, J P ^a   Storandt, S T ^a,b   Kwok, O C H ^a   Thulliez, P ^a,c   Kazacos, K R ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institut de Puericulture   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; FOX; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CARNIVORA; FOXES; MICE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0033014357     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285626     Document Type: Article

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