Toxoplasma gondii infections in chickens from Venezuela: Isolation, tissue distribution, and molecular characterization

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1332-1334

  Dubey, J P ^a   Lenhart, A ^a,b   Castillo, C E ^a,c   Alvarez, L ^a,c   Marcet, P ^a,b   Sreekumar, C ^a   Lehmann, T ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

PARASITE PREVALENCE;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIRD DISEASE; BRAIN; CAT; CHICKEN; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HEART; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PECTORAL MUSCLE; SAG2 GENE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VENEZUELA;

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

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 32544448220     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-500R.1     Document Type: Article

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