Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in wild boars (Sus scrofa) in the Slovak Republic

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-73

  Antolová, Daniela ^a,b   Reiterová, Katarína ^a   Dubinský, Pavol ^a  

^a PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b NONE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Preventive measures; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii; Wild boars

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SLOVAKIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WILD BOAR; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SLOVAKIA; SUS SCROFA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; ZOONOSES;

PROTOZOA; SUS SCROFA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 34447133524     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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