Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in stray and household cats in Tehran

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 211-216

  Haddadzadeh, H R ^a   Khazraiinia, P ^a   Aslani, M ^a   Rezaeian, M ^a   Jamshidi, S ^a   Taheri, M ^a   Bahonar, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

IFAT; Iran; Seroepidemiology; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DILUTION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HOUSEHOLD; INFECTION RATE; IRAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IRAN; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33646395442     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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