High levels of congenital transmission of Toxoplasma gondii in longitudinal and cross-sectional studies on sheep farms provides evidence of vertical transmission in ovine hosts

Parasitology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 301-307

  Williams, R H ^a   Morley, E K ^a   Hughes, J M ^a   Duncanson, P ^a   Terry, R S ^b   Smith, J E ^b   Hide, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abortion; Congenital transmission; Ovine; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LAMB; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 15944394336     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004006614     Document Type: Article

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