Detection of Toxoplasma gondii in swine sausages

Parasitologia Latinoamericana

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 42-45

  De Oliveira Mendonça, André ^a,b   Domingues, Paulo F ^a   Da Silva, Aristeu Vieira ^a   Bergamaschi Pezerico, Sandia ^a   Langoni, Helio ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Isolation; PCR; Swine sausage; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

EID: 55449132191     PISSN: 07177704     EISSN: 07177712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-77122004000100008     Document Type: Article

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