Detection of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts in environmental samples from public schools

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 171, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 53-57

  Santos, Thaís Rabelo dos ^a   Nunes, Cáris Maroni ^a   Luvizotto, Maria Cecília Rui ^a   Moura, Anderson Barbosa de ^b   Lopes, Welber Daniel Zanetti ^a   Costa, Alvimar José da ^a   Bresciani, Katia Denise Saraiva ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b CAV   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioassay in mice; IFAT; Immunohistochemistry.; Oocysts; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; SCHOOL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL ORGANISM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAZIL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; OOCYSTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SCHOOLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

HAMMONDIA; MUS; NEOSPORA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77953617038     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.02.045     Document Type: Article

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