Toxoplasma gondii infection in cats from São Paulo state, Brazil: Seroprevalence, oocyst shedding, isolation in mice, and biologic and molecular characterization

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-67

  Pena, H F J ^a   Soares, R M ^a   Amaku, M ^a   Dubey, J P ^b   Gennari, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cats; Genotypes; Mouse bioassay; Oocysts; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PEPSIN A; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN; BRAZIL; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HEART; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; TONGUE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAZIL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICE; MICROBIOLOGY; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33644658510     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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