Characterization of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from free range chickens from Paraná, Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-234

  Dubey, J P ^a   Navarro, I T ^b   Graham, D H ^c   Dahl, E ^c   Freire, R L ^b   Prudencio, L B ^b   Sreekumar, C ^a   Vianna, M C ^a   Lehmann, T ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Chickens; Gallus domesticus; Genotyping; Isolation; Paran , Brazil; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN; BRAZIL; CAT; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HEART; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RURAL AREA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

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

EID: 0242410745     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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