Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in stray cats and dogs in the Bangkok metropolitan area, Thailand

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 138-141

  Jittapalapong, Sathaporn ^a   Nimsupan, Burin ^a   Pinyopanuwat, Nongnuch ^a   Chimnoi, Wissanuwat ^a   Kabeya, Hidenori ^b   Maruyama, Soichi ^b  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Department of Bioenvironmental and Agricultural Engineering   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bangkok; Seroprevalence; Stray cats; Stray dogs; Thailand; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SEROPREVALENCE; THAILAND; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; THAILAND; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33847618749     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.10.021     Document Type: Article

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