Long-term survival of toxoplasma gondii sporulated oocysts in seawater

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1019-1020

  Lindsay, David S ^a   Dubey, J P ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

COASTAL ZONE; FECES; FELID; MARINE MAMMAL; PATHOGEN; PROTOZOAN; SEAWATER; SPORULATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE VIABILITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPOROGENESIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHICKEN; FECES; FEMALE; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

MAMMALIA; MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHICKENS; FECES; FEMALE; MICE; OOCYSTS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 73949146934     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1919.1     Document Type: Article

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