Molecular and biologic characteristics of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from wildlife in the United States

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-71

  Dubey, J P ^a   Graham, D H ^b   De Young, R W ^c   Dahl, E ^b   Eberhard, M L ^b   Nace, E K ^b   Won, K ^b   Bishop, H ^b   Punkosdy, G ^b   Sreekumar, C ^a   Vianna, M C B ^a   Shen, S K ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Sumners, J A ^c   Demarais, S ^c   Humphreys, J G ^d   Lehmann, T ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

PARASITOLOGY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAR; BIOASSAY; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COYOTE; FELIS RUFUS; FEMALE; FOX; GENOTYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; RACCOON; SERUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UNITED STATES; WHITE TAILED DEER; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CARNIVORA; CATS; DEER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART; MICE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; UNITED STATES; URSIDAE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LATRANS; CERVIDAE; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; LYNX; LYNX RUFUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UROCYON; UROCYON CINEREOARGENTEUS; URSUS; URSUS AMERICANUS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 10744232049     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-110R     Document Type: Article

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