Survival of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites in goat milk: Potential source of human toxoplasmosis

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages

  Walsh, Catherine P ^a   Hammond, Sara E ^a   Zajac, Anne M ^a   Lindsay, David S ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODEL; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; FREEZING; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; MILK; REFRIGERATION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

CAPRA HIRCUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0033199222     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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