High seroprevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in wild animals from Portugal

Parasitology Research

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1163-1169

  Lopes, Ana Patrícia ^a,b   Sargo, Roberto ^a   Rodrigues, Manuela ^a,b   Cardoso, Luís ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ADULT ANIMAL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); INTERMEDIATE HOST; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; MAMMAL; MODIFIED AGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WILD ANIMAL;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PORTUGAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; ACCIPITER NISUS; ACCIPITRIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; BUBO BUBO; BUTEO BUTEO; CANIS LUPUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CICONIA CICONIA; CIRCAETUS GALLICUS; FALCO PEREGRINUS; GENETTA GENETTA; GYPS FULVUS; HIERAAETUS PENNATUS; MAMMALIA; MELES MELES; MILVUS; MILVUS MIGRANS; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX ALUCO; SUS SCROFA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TYTO ALBA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 79956192533     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-2158-6     Document Type: Article

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