Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in swine from slaughterhouses in Lima, Peru, and Georgia, U.S.A.

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 902-904

  Saavedra, Geraldine M ^a   Ortega, Ynés R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

PARASITE PREVALENCE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PERU; SEROPREVALENCE; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ABATTOIRS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GEORGIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PERU; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

PROTOZOA; SUS SCROFA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 4344644652     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-258R     Document Type: Article

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