Isolation and Genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii from Free-Ranging Chickens from Argentina

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1063-1064

  Dubey, J P ^a   Venturini, M C ^b   Venturini, L ^b   Piscopo, M ^b   Graham, D H ^c   Dahl, E ^c   Sreekumar, C ^a   Vianna, M C ^a   Lehmann, T ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Argentina)

^c Division of Parasitic Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

GENOTYPE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOLOGY; POULTRY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGENTINA; BIOASSAY; BLOOD; BRAIN; CHICKEN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; HEART; IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ARGENTINA; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAIN; CHICKENS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART; MICE; PARASITEMIA; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS; GALLUS GALLUS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0242604002     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-126     Document Type: Conference Paper

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