Isolation and molecular characterization of Toxoplasma gondii from chickens and ducks from Egypt

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-95

  Dubey, J P ^a   Graham, D H ^b   Dahl, E ^b   Hilali, M ^c   El Ghaysh, A ^c   Sreekumar, C ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Shen, S K ^a   Lehmann, T ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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

^c Cairo University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anas sp.; Chickens; Ducks; Egypt; Gallus domesticus; Isolation; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BIOASSAY; BLOOD; BRAIN; CAT; CHICKEN; DUCK; EGYPT; EXAMINATION; FEEDING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SYMPTOM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; GALLUS; GALLUS GALLUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0038012706     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(03)00133-X     Document Type: Article

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