The roles of cats and dogs in the transmission of Toxoplasma infection in Kuna and Embera children in eastern Panama

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 176-186

  Etheredge, Gina D ^a   Michael, Girma ^a   Muehlenbein, Michael P ^b   Frenkel, Jacob K ^c,d  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cats; Central American; Dogs; Indians; Panama; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; INDIGENOUS POPULATION;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BUILDING; CAT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAND WASHING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANAMA; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; CAT DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; GEOGRAPHY; HAIR; HOUSING; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MEAT; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOIL; STATISTICS; TOXOPLASMA; TREE; ZOONOSIS;

BAYANO BASIN; CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; SAN BLAS ISLANDS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE VECTORS; DOGS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HAIR; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OOCYSTS; PANAMA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOIL; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TREES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 14044251693     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892004000900004     Document Type: Article

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