Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in chickens from an area in Southern Brazil highly endemic to humans

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 394-396

  Da Silva, Daniele Seipel ^a   Bahia Oliveira, Lilian M G ^a   Shen, S K ^b   Kwok, O C H ^b   Lehman, Tovi ^c   Dubey, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

PARASITE PREVALENCE; POULTRY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAZIL; CHICKEN; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEART; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAIN; BRAZIL; CHICKENS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MICE; POULTRY DISEASES; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; SOIL; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; URBAN HEALTH;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0037399256     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0394:POTGIC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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