Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii Antibodies in Domestic Cats from Barcelona, Spain

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1067-1068

  Gauss, C B L ^a   Almeria S ^a   Ortuno A ^a   Garcia, F ^a   Dubey, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FELID; PARASITOLOGY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FELIS CATUS; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BREEDING; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, FELINE; LENTIVIRUS INFECTIONS; LEUKEMIA, FELINE; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0344420359     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-114     Document Type: Conference Paper

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