Prevalence of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in domestic cats from Mexico City

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 310-313

  Besné Mérida, Alejandro ^a,b   Figueroa Castillo, Juan Antonio ^b   Martínez Maya, José Juan ^b   Luna Pastén, Héctor ^a   Calderón Segura, Esther ^a   Correa, Dolores ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cats; ELISA; Mexico City; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CLEANING; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAW MEAT; RISK FACTOR; SERUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; MEXICO; ODDS RATIO; RISK; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

FELIS CATUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 54849380700     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.06.019     Document Type: Article

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