Toxoplasma gondii and Leptospira spp. infection in free-ranging armadillos

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 291-293

  da Silva, Rodrigo Costa ^a   Zetun, Carolina Ballarini ^a   Bosco, Sandra de Moraes Gimenes ^a   Bagagli, Eduardo ^a   Rosa, Patrícia Sammarco ^b   Langoni, Hélio ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO LAURO DE SOUZA LIMA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Armadillos; Leptospira spp.; Serology; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTION RISK; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARMADILLOS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CABASSOUS; CABASSOUS TATOUAY; DASYPODIDAE; DASYPUS; DASYPUS NOVEMCINCTUS; EUPHRACTUS; EUPHRACTUS SEXCINCTUS; LEPTOSPIRA; MAMMALIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 53249091904     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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