Seroprevalence of toxoplasma gondii infection in stray and household cats in Guangzhou, China

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 56, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 502-505

  Zhang, H ^a   Zhou, D H ^a   Zhou, P ^a   Lun, Z R ^b   Chen, X G ^c   Lin, R Q ^a   Yuan, Z G ^a   Zhu, X Q ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b School of Life Sciences   (China)

^c SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cat; ELISA; Guangzhou; Seroepidemiology; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT DISEASE; CHINA; FEMALE; INFECTION RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHINA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 71049182177     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01209.x     Document Type: Article

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