Toxoplasma gondii isolates from free-range chickens from the Northeast Region of Brazil

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 235-237

  De Oliveira, L N ^a   Costa Junior, L M ^a,b   De Melo, C F ^a,c   Ramos Silva, J C ^a,d   Bevilaqua, C M L ^a,e   Azevedo, S S ^a,e   Muradian, V ^a   Araujo D A F V ^a,f   Dubey, J P ^a,g   Gennari, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^g AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BIOASSAY; BRAIN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MICA; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POULTRY; PROTOZOAN; RURAL AREA;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHICKEN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOASSAY; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SOIL; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

BRAZIL;

GALLUS GALLUS; MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAZIL; CHICKENS; MICE; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SOIL; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 64549142771     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1730.1     Document Type: Article

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