Prevalence of viable Toxoplasma gondii in beef, chicken, and pork from retail meat stores in the United States: Risk assessment to consumers

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1082-1093

  Dubey, J P ^a   Hill, D E ^a   Jones, J L ^a,b   Hightower, A W ^a,b   Kirkland, E ^a,b   Roberts, J M ^a,b   Marcet, P L ^a,b   Lehmann, T ^a,b   Vianna, M C B ^a   Miska, K ^a   Sreekumar, C ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Shen, S K ^a   Gamble, H R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; CAT; CHICKEN; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; INGESTION; MEAT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RAW FOOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CATS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; GENOTYPE; MALE; MEAT; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; SUS SCROFA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 28444488545     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-683.1     Document Type: Article

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