Frequency of Toxoplasma gondii in Pork Meat in Ocotlan, Jalisco, Mexico

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1121-1123

  Galvan Ramirez M L ^a   Madriz Elisondo, A L ^b   Torres, C P Rico ^c   Luna Pasten H ^c   Pérez, L R Rodríguez ^a   Rincon Sanchez A R ^d   Franco, R ^e   Salazar Montes, A ^b   Correa, D ^c  

^a Instituto de Neurociencias de Guadalajara   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d HOSPITAL CIVIL DE GUADALAJARA FRAY ANTONIO ALCALDE   (Mexico)

^e Instituto de Enfermedades Crónico Degenerativas   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MEXICO; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEAT; MEXICO; MICE; PREVALENCE; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 77954643034     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-73.6.1121     Document Type: Article

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