Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in the rodent capybara (Hidrochoeris hidrochoeris) from Brazil

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 850-

  Canon Franco W A ^a   Yai, L E O ^b   Joppertt, A M ^c   Souza, C E ^d   D'Auria, S R N ^b   Dubey, J P ^e   Gennari, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO DE CONTROLE DE ZOONOSES   (Brazil)

^c Divisão Técnica de Medicina Veterinária e Manejo da Fauna Silvestre DEPAVE 3 Prefeitura do Município de São Paulo   (Brazil)

^d Superintendencia Contr Endemias   (Brazil)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RODENT;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MEAT; NONHUMAN; RODENT; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MEAT; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; PROTOZOA; RODENTIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 18244416560     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-80R     Document Type: Article

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