Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in small mammals from the Ardennes region, France

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 313-314

  Afonso, Eve ^a   Poulle, Marie Lazarine ^b,c   Lemoine, Mélissa ^a   Villena, Isabelle ^c   Aubert, Dominique ^c   Gilot Fromont, Emmanuelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b 2C2A CERFE ^*  (France)

^c REIMS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APODEMUS; ARVICOLA TERRESTRIS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MAMMALIA; MICROMYS MINUTUS; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MUS; SOREX; TALPA EUROPAEA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 37849005646     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2007.041     Document Type: Article

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