Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in wild toque macaques (Macaca sinica) at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 870-871

  Ekanayake, D K ^b   Rajapakse, R P V J ^a   Dubey, J P ^c   Dittus, W P J ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Smithsonian Primate Biology Program   (Sri Lanka)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES   (Sri Lanka)

^e SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRIMATE;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOREST; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SRI LANKA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SRI LANKA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; NORTH CENTRAL PROVINCE; POLONNARUWA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; MACACA; MACACA SINICA; PRIMATES; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 4344657022     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-291R     Document Type: Article

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