Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in stray Cats of Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-201

  Kim, Hye Youn ^a,c   Kim, Yun Ah ^a   Kang, Seungwon ^b   Lee, Ho Sa ^c   Rhie, Ho Gun ^c   Ahn, Hye Jin ^d   Nam, Ho Woo ^d   Lee, Sang Eun ^a  

^a Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^b Animal Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^d The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ELISA; Latex agglutination test; PCR; Stray cat; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; KOREA; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; KOREA; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 56149106331     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2008.46.3.199     Document Type: Article

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