An innovative survey underlining the significant level of contamination by Toxoplasma gondii of ovine meat consumed in France

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-200

  Halos, Lénaïg ^a   Thébault, Anne ^a   Aubert, Dominique ^b,c   Thomas, Myriam ^a   Perret, Catherine ^a   Geers, Régine ^b,c   Alliot, Annie ^a   Escotte Binet, Sandie ^b,c   Ajzenberg, Daniel ^d,e   Dardé, Marie Laure ^d,e   Durand, Benoit ^a   Boireau, Pascal ^a   Villena, Isabelle ^b,c  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^b REIMS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Toxoplasma Biological Resource Center (BRC)   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^e DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Bioassay; France; Ovine meat; Prevalence; Toxoplasma gondii; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOMARKER; DISEASE CONTROL; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GENOTYPE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MEAT; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMORPHISM; PROTOZOAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; DIAPHRAGM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART; INFECTION CONTROL; MEAT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRANCE; HUMANS; MEAT; MICE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

FRANCE;

ANIMALIA; MUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 74149090043     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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