Isolation and Genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii from Free-Ranging Chickens from Mexico

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 411-413

  Dubey, J P ^a   Morales, E S ^b   Lehmann, T ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

PARASITE PREVALENCE;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN TISSUE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HEART; IMMUNOASSAY; INOCULATION; MEXICO; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAIN; CATS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MEXICO; MICE; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS; GALLUS GALLUS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 2342602865     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-194R     Document Type: Article

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