Toxoplasma gondii isolates of free-ranging chickens from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Mouse mortality, genotype, and oocyst shedding by cats

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 851-853

  Dubey, J P ^a   Graham, D H ^b   Da Silva, Daniele Seipel ^c   Lehmann, T ^b   Bahia Oliveira, Lilian M G ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; PARASITIC DISEASE; POULTRY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAZIL; CAT; CHICKEN; FECES; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINE; GENOTYPE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAIN; BRAZIL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHICKENS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POULTRY DISEASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; GALLUS GALLUS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0141521717     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-60R     Document Type: Article

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