Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in cats from Durango City, Mexico

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1214-1216

  Alvarado Esquivel, C ^a   Liesenfeld, O ^b   Herrera Flores, R G ^c   Ramirez Sanchezf B E ^c   Gonzalez Herrera A ^d   Martinez Garcia S A ^a   Dubey, J P ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Animal Shelter Municipal Office of Public Health and Environment   (Mexico)

^d Secretary of Health   (Mexico)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY; FELID; PROTOZOAN; SERUM;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; MALE; MEXICO; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

DURANGO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

FELIS CATUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 36749083993     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1268R.1     Document Type: Article

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