Seroprevalence and risk factors of caprine toxoplasmosis in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 225-229

  Carneiro, A C A V ^a   Carneiro, M ^a   Gouveia, A M G ^a   Guimaraes A S ^a   Marques, A P R ^a   Vilas Boas, L S ^a   Vitor, R W A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ELISA; Epidemiology; Goats; IgG avidity; Risk factors; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GOAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; BREEDING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 60849087037     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.10.092     Document Type: Article

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