Isolation of Toxoplasma gondii from capybaras (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) from São Paulo State, Brazil

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1060-1063

  Yai, Lúcia E O ^a   Ragozo, Alessandra M A ^a,b   Aguiar, Daniel M ^a,b   Damaceno, José T ^a   Oliveira, Luciana N ^a,b   Dubey, J P ^a,c   Gennari, Solange M ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE CONTROLE DE ZOONOSES   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPSIN A;

ANTIBODY; BIOASSAY; BRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HOMINID; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTOZOAN; RODENT; VIABILITY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN; BRAZIL; CAPYBARAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEART; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; LETHALITY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RODENT; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; TONGUE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAZIL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MALE; MICE; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; MUS; RODENTIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 54349123798     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1548.1     Document Type: Article

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