Fatal attraction in rats infected with Toxoplasma gondii

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1452, 2000, Pages 1591-1594

  Berdoy, M ^a   Webster, J P ^a   Mcdonald, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cat odours; Parasite manipulation; Predation; Rattus norvegicus; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; PARASITE; PREDATION RISK; RODENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0034617827     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1182     Document Type: Article

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