Local meteorological conditions, dynamics of seroconversion to Toxoplasma gondii in cats (Felis catus) and oocyst burden in a rural environment

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1105-1113

  Afonso, E ^a   Thulliez, P ^b   Gilot Fromont, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b Institut de Puericulture   (France)

Author keywords

Felis catus; rain; rural urban gradient; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; METEOROLOGY; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PRECIPITATION; RURAL AREA; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; TOXOPLASMA;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OOCYSTS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RAIN; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TEMPERATURE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 77954934937     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809991270     Document Type: Article

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