Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in rats (Rattus norvegicus) in Grenada, West Indies

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1107-1108

  Dubey, J P ^a   Bhaiyat, M I ^b   Macpherson, C N L ^b   De Allie, C ^b   Chikweto, A ^b   Kwok, O C H ^a   Sharma, R H ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BIRD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FELID; GENOTYPE; PARASITE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PREDATION; RODENT;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DNA SEQUENCE; INFECTION RATE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RAT; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAIN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GRENADA; HEART; MALE; MICE; PREVALENCE; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GRENADA [WINDWARD ISLANDS]; LESSER ANTILLES; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

AVES; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33845252064     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-902R.1     Document Type: Article

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