Characterization of Toxoplasma gondii isolates in free-range chickens from Amazon, Brazil

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-40

  Dubey, J P ^a   Gennari, Solange M ^a,b   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a,b   Camargo, Luis M A ^a,b   Vianna, M C B ^a   Marcet, Paula L ^a,c   Lehmann, T ^a,c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANTIBODY; BIOASSAY; EGG PARASITOID; GENOTYPE; PARASITE; POLYMORPHISM; SOIL;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN; BRAZIL; CAT; CHICKEN; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEART; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; PREVALENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAIN; BRAZIL; CATS; CHICKENS; FECES; GENOTYPE; HEART; MICE; OOCYSTS; POULTRY DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

AMAZON RIVER; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33645537731     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-655R.1     Document Type: Article

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