The occurrence of Toxoplasma Gondii infection in people and animals from rural environment of lublin region - Estimate of potential role of water as a source of infection

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 125-132

  Sroka, Jacek ^a,b   Wójcik Fatla, Angelina ^a   Szymańska, Jolanta ^c   Dutkiewicz, Jacek ^a   Zajac, Violetta ^a   Zwoliński, Jacek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Domestic animals; Epidemiology; Farm inhabitants; PCR; Potable water; Serological examinations; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; DRINKING WATER; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CAT; CATTLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DUCK; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URBAN AREA; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

ANAS; ANIMALIA; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MUS; SUIDAE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77955162217     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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