Determination of the more adequate modified agglutination test cut-off for serodiagnosis of toxoplasma gondii Infection in Sheep

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 252-256

  Sousa, S ^a,b   Thompson, G ^a   Silva, E ^a   Freire, L ^b   Lopes, D ^e   Correia Da Costa, J M ^a,d   Castro, A ^a,b   Carvalheira, J ^a,c   Canada, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^d Laboratorio Nacional de Investigacao Veterinaria   (Portugal)

^e Canil Municipal de Vinhais   (Portugal)

Author keywords

MAT; Prevalence; Sheep; Toxoplasma gondii; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ABORTION; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD INTAKE; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH HAZARD; MEAT INDUSTRY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHEEP; TOXOPLASMOSIS; YOUDEN INDEX;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 65649099323     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01187.x     Document Type: Article

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