Frequency of Toxoplasma gondii infection in sheep from a tropical zone of Mexico and temporal analysis of the humoral response changes

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 897-902

  Caballero Ortega, H ^a   Quiroz Romero, H ^b   Olazaran Jenkins S ^c   Correa, D ^a,d  

^a SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Centro Experimental Pecuario del Estado de Puebla (CIPEP) INIFAP   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Frequency; Immunoassay; Mexico; Sheep; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; COLD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INCIDENCE; MEXICO; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TROPICS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANIMALIA; FELIS SILVESTRIS; OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 46749158671     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182008004460     Document Type: Article

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