Identification of faecal transmission of Toxoplasma gondii: Small science, large characters

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 871-875

  Ferguson, D J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coccidian development; Faecal transmission; Life cycle; Oocyst; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; FELID; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAN;

BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHARACTER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SCIENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; ART; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTORY; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MOUSE; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; RABBIT; RODENT DISEASE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRANSMISSION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FECES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICE; OOCYSTS; RABBITS; RODENT DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

COCCIDIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 67349268520     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.01.003     Document Type: Review

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