Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in cats and pigs from Rural Western Amazon, Brazil

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 863-864

  Cavalcante, G T ^a   Aguiar, D M ^a   Chiebao, D ^a   Dubey, J P ^b   Ruiz, V L A ^a   Dias, R A ^a   Camargo, L M A ^a   Labruna, M B ^a   Gennari, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; FELID; PARASITE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PIG; PROTOZOAN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

BRAZIL; RONDONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

SUS SCROFA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33748942440     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-830R.1     Document Type: Article

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