Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in rats in Southern China

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1233-1234

  Yin, Chuang Cheng ^a   He, Yong ^a   Zhou, Dong Hui ^a   Yan, Chao ^a   He, Xian Hui ^a   Wu, Song Ming ^a   Zhou, Yang ^a   Yuan, Zi Guo ^a   Lin, Rui Qing ^a   Zhu, X Q ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBIOTICS; HEALTH RISK; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE RESISTANCE; PROTOZOAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RODENT; WILD POPULATION;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAT; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHINA; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS FLAVIPECTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 78650482529     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2610.1     Document Type: Article

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