Isolation and characterization of viable Toxoplasma gondii isolates revealed possible high frequency of mixed infection in feral cats (Felis domesticus) from St Kitts, West Indies

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 589-594

  Dubey, J P ^a   Moura, L ^b   Majumdar, D ^c   Sundar, N ^a   Velmurugan, G V ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Kelly, P ^b   Krecek, R C ^b,d   Su, C ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Felis domesticus; Feral; Genotype; St Kitts; Toxoplasma gondii; West Indies

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CAT; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HEART; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE VIABILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TONGUE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CAT DISEASE; FECES; GENE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

FELIS CATUS; MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FECES; FEMALE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICE; PREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; WEST INDIES;

EID: 67651159221     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009006015     Document Type: Article

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