Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in Belgian house cats

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 128-132

  De Craeye, Stéphane ^a   Francart, Aurelie ^a   Chabauty, Julie ^a   De Vriendt, Veerle ^b   Van Gucht, Steven ^a   Leroux, Ingrid ^a   Jongert, Erik ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antibody; ELISA; Indirect immunofluorescence assay; SAG1; Seroprevalence; Titer; TLA; Toxoplasma gondii; Transmission; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTEIN P30; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; TOXOPLASMA ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BELGIUM; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

FELIS SILVESTRIS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 51249088576     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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