A seroepidemiological study of exposure to Toxoplasma, Leishmania, Echinococcus and Trichinella in equids in Greece and analysis of risk factors

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 170, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 170-175

  Kouam, Marc K ^a   Diakou, Anastasia ^b   Kantzoura, Vaia ^a   Papadopoulos, Elias ^b   Gajadhar, Alvin A ^c   Theodoropoulos, Georgios ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c Centre for Food Borne and Animal Parasitology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Echinococcus; ELISA; Equids; Leishmania; Relative risk; Risk factors; Toxoplasma; Trichinella

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GREECE; HORSE DISEASE; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOCOCCUS; EQUIDAE; TOXOPLASMA; TRICHINELLA;

EID: 77952889405     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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