Serologic Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in Field Mice, Microtus fortis, from Yuanjiang, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 437-438

  Zhang, S Y ^a   Jiang, S F ^a   He, Y Y ^a   Pan, C E ^a   Zhu, M ^a   Wei, M X ^a  

^a SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCAPTOETHANOL; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

PARASITOLOGY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ARVICOLINAE; CHINA; RODENT DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS FORTIS; PROTOZOA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 2442613896     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-168R     Document Type: Article

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