Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Feral Cats in Seoul, Korea

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 153-155

  Lee, Sang Eun ^a   Kim, Neung Hee ^a,b   Chae, Hee Sun ^a,b   Cho, Shin Hyeong ^a   Nam, Ho Woo ^a,c   Lee, Won Ja ^a   Kim, Sun Heung ^a,b   Lee, Jung Hark ^a,b  

^a Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^b Department of Zoonosis   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FELID; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; FERAL ANIMAL; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; KOREA; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SOUTH KOREA; TOXOPLASMA;

SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

ANIMALIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 79953815133     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2455.1     Document Type: Article

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