Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in cats from Colombia, South America and genetic characterization of T. gondii isolates

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 42-47

  Dubey, J P ^a   Su, C ^b   Cortes J A ^c   Sundar, N ^a   Gomez Marin, J E ^d   Polo, L J ^c   Zambrano, L ^c   Mora, L E ^c   Lora, F ^d   Jimenez, J ^d   Kwok, O C H ^a   Shen, S K ^a   Zhang, X ^b   Nieto, A ^d   Thulliez, P ^e  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DEL QUINDÍO   (Colombia)

^e Institut de Puericulture   (France)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Cats; Colombia; Feces; Genotype; South America; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN TISSUE; CAT; COLOMBIA; EXCRETION; FECES; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEART; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INOCULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SERUM; SOUTH AMERICA; TONGUE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COLOMBIA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FECES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; MICE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33748557793     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.04.037     Document Type: Article

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