Toxoplasma gondii: epidemiology, feline clinical aspects, and prevention

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 190-196

  Elmore, Stacey A ^a   Jones, Jeffrey L ^b   Conrad, Patricia A ^c   Patton, Sharon ^d   Lindsay, David S ^e   Dubey, J P ^f  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAT; CAT DISEASE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INGESTION; MEAT; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; RAW FOOD; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RISK FACTORS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSES;

AVES; FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77949658016     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2010.01.009     Document Type: Review

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