A brief history and overview of toxoplasma gondii

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Innes, E A ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Diagnosis; Disease; History; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; CORTICOSTEROID; PYRIMETHAMINE SULFADIAZINE; SPIRAMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE;

ABORTION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHORIORETINITIS; ENCEPHALITIS; EYE INFECTION; EYE INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTERMEDIATE HOST; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; OOCYST; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ANIMALS; CATS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 74049092077     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2009.01276.x     Document Type: Review

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