Prevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in the sera of rare wildlife in the Shanghai Zoological Garden, People's Republic of China

Parasitology International

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-174

  Zhang, Shu Yi ^a   Wei, Mei Xiong ^a   Zhou, Zhong Yong ^b   Yu, Jian Yi ^b   Shi, Xin Quan ^b  

^a Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b Shanghai Zoological Park   (China)

Author keywords

Sero prevalence; Toxoplasma gondii; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN A; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; BIRD; CARNIVORE; CHINA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WILDLIFE; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 0034257106     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5769(00)00041-6     Document Type: Article

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