Epidemiological relationship between human toxoplasma infection and cats in Belgrade

Acta Veterinaria

Volumn 46, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 155-160

  Bobic B ^a   Djurković Djaković, Olgica ^a   Šibalić, Desanka ^a   Jevremović, Ivana ^b   Marinković, Jelena ^c   Nikolić, Aleksandra ^b   Vuković, Dragana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Cats; Epidemiology; Human toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

COCCIDIA; FELIS CATUS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 3042896583     PISSN: 05678315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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