Toxoplasma gondii spreading in an urban area evaluated by seroprevalence in free-living cats and dogs

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 876-881

  Meireles, L R ^a   Galisteo Jr , A J ^a   Pompeu, E ^a,b   Andrade Jr , H F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Bioterismo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cats; Dogs; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Indirect haemagglutination; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

DISEASE PREVALENCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 4344672048     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01280.x     Document Type: Article

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