Detection of high levels of congenital transmission of Toxoplasma gondii in natural urban populations of Mus domesticus

Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-42

  Marshall, P A ^a   Hughes, J M ^a   Williams, R H ^a   Smith, J E ^b   Murphy, R G ^a   Hide, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital; Mus domesticus; PCR; SAG1; Toxoplasma gondii; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE ANTIGEN GENE 1; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RODENT DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0842330463     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182003004189     Document Type: Article

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