Transmission dynamics of Toxoplasma gondii on a pig farm

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-141

  Lehmann, Tovi ^a   Graham, Douglas H ^a   Dahl, Erica ^a   Sreekumar, C ^b   Launer, Fred ^c   Corn, Joseph L ^d   Gamble, H Ray ^e   Dubey, J P ^b  

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

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological genetics; Farm; Microsatellite; Molecular epidemiology; Pig; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CAT; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA RECOMBINATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; INFECTION RISK; LIFESPAN; MALE; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PIG FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROPREVALENCE; SOIL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

AVES; FELIS CATUS; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0037503631     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-1348(03)00067-4     Document Type: Article

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