Endemic toxoplasmosis in pigs on a farm in Maryland: Isolation and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-41

  Dubey, J P ^a   Hill, D E ^a   Sundar, N ^a   Velmurugan, G V ^a   Bandini, L A ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Pierce, V ^a,b   Kelly, K ^a,b,c   Dulin, M ^a,b   Thulliez, P ^a,d   Iwueke, C ^a,e   Su, C ^a,e  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Maryland Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Institut de Puericulture   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANTIBODY; BIOASSAY; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENDEMISM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; PIG; PROTOZOAN; RODENT; SERUM;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEART; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PIG FARMING; SEROLOGY; SWINE DISEASE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CATS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART; MALE; MARYLAND; MICE; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MUS; SUIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 40949138906     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1312.1     Document Type: Article

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