Increased urban seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infecting swine in Panama

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 9-11

  Correa, R ^a   Cedeno I ^b   de Escobar, C ^b   Fuentes, I ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS Y SERVICIOS DE ALTA TECNOLOGÍA   (Panama)

^b Laboratorio de Diagnóstico e Investigación Veterinaria Dr Gerardino Medina   (Panama)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Indirect immunofluorescence; Seroprevalence; Swine; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; PANAMA; SEROPREVALENCE; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URBAN AREA;

SUIDAE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 41349090559     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.01.017     Document Type: Article

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