Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in goats by the indirect haemagglutination, immunofluorescence and immunoenzymatic tests in the region of Uberlândia, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 687-692

  Figueiredo, Josely F ^a   Silva, Deise A O ^a   Cabrai, Dagmar D ^a   Mineo, José R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; ELISA; Goat; Indirect haemagglutination; Indirect immunofluorescence; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GOAT; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GOATS; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0035403646     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762001000500019     Document Type: Article

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