Transmission of Toxoplasma gondii in an urban population of domestic cats (Felis catus)

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1373-1382

  Afonso, Eve ^a,b,c   Thulliez, Philippe ^d   Gilot Fromont, Emmanuelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b 2C2A CERFE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^d Institut de Puericulture   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Feral cat; Oocyst; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MATERNAL ANTIBODY; RAIN;

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MAMMAL; PARASITE; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; INFECTION RISK; KINETICS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREDATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; URBAN POPULATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CARRIER STATE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FRANCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RAIN; TEMPERATURE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; URBAN HEALTH;

ANIMALIA; COCCIDIA; FELIS CATUS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33749442324     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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