Isolation of toxoplasma gondii from animals in Durango, Mexico

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 319-322

  Dubey, J P ^a   Velmurugan, G V ^a   Alvarado Esquivel, C ^a,b   Alvarado Esquivel, D ^a,b   Rodriguez Pena S ^a,b   Martnez Garca, S ^a,b   Gonzalez Herrera A ^a,b   Ferreira, L R ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Su, C ^a,c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BIOASSAY; CANID; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FELID; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MARSUPIAL; PROTOZOAN; RODENT; RURAL AREA; SERUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; DNA EXTRACTION; DOG; GENOTYPE; MEXICO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PARASITE ISOLATION; RAT; SEROPREVALENCE; SQUIRREL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOASSAY; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CAT DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; DOG DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE; SCIURIDAE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; FELIS CATUS; GALLUS GALLUS; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS VARIEGATUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHICKENS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MEXICO; MICE; OPOSSUMS; POULTRY DISEASES; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; SCIURIDAE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 67651115782     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1874.1     Document Type: Article

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