Epidemiological and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii in urban pigeons from the area of Lisbon (Portugal)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 306-309

  Waap, Helga ^a   Vilares, Anabela ^b   Rebelo, Eugénia ^a   Gomes, Salomé ^b   Ângelo, Helena ^b  

^a Laboratorio Nacional de Investigacao Veterinaria   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Genotypes; Pigeons; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN TISSUE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HERD; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PIGEON; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; SERUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; COLUMBIDAE; GENOTYPE; PORTUGAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 53049086660     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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