Seroprevalence of Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in the South American opossum (Didelphis marsupialis) from the City of São Paulo, Brazil

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 870-871

  Yai, L E O ^c   Canon Franco W A ^a   Geraldi, V C ^c   Summa, M E L ^c   Camargo, M C G O ^c   Dubey, J P ^b   Gennari, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; MARSUPIAL; PARASITOLOGY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; COCCIDIOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; NEOSPORA; OPOSSUMS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

BRAZIL;

DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS; DIDELPHIS MARSUPIALIS; METATHERIA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0141632858     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-83R     Document Type: Article

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