Occurrence of Toxoplasma gondii in water from wells located on farms

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 169-175

  Sroka, Jacek ^a   Wójcik Fatla, Angelina ^a   Dutkiewicz, Jacek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Farmers; Lublin region; Microscopic examination; Oocysts; PCR; Serologic tests; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis; Waterborne zoonosis; Well water

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EIMERIA; FARMING SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; ISOSPORA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOON; RURAL HYGIENE; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DRINKING; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; HYGIENE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL HEALTH; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EIMERIA; ISOSPORA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33746446344     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 12321966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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