Seroprevalence and isolation of Toxoplasma gondii from free-range chickens in Ghana, Indonesia, Italy, Poland, and Vietnam

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-71

  Dubey, J P ^a   Huong, Lam Thi Thu ^a,b   Lawson, B W L ^a,c   Subekti, D T ^a,d   Tassi, P ^a,e   Cabaj, W ^a,f   Sundar, N ^a   Velmurugan, G V ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Su, C ^a,g  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NONG LAM UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^d Research Institute for Veterinary Science Bogor   (Indonesia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^f W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BIOASSAY; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; POULTRY; PROTOZOAN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; GHANA; INDONESIA; ITALY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIET NAM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CATS; CHICKENS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GHANA; INDONESIA; ITALY; MICE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POULTRY DISEASES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VIETNAM;

AFRICA; ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GHANA; ITALY; POLAND; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VIET NAM; WEST AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 40949123488     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1362.1     Document Type: Article

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