Prevalence and co-infection of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in Apodemus sylvaticus in an area relatively free of cats

Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1117-1123

  Thomasson, D ^a   Wright, E A ^a   Hughes, J M ^a   Dodd, N S ^a   Cox, A P ^b   Boyce, K ^a   Gerwash, O ^a   Abushahma, M ^a   Lun, Z R ^c   Murphy, R G ^a   Rogan, M T ^a   Hide, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apodemus sylvaticus; Mus domesticus; Neospora caninum; PCR; Toxoplasma gondii; vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MOUSE; MUS DOMESTICUS; NATURAL POPULATION; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CATS; COCCIDIOSIS; COINFECTION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; FETUS; GREAT BRITAIN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MURINAE; NEOSPORA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 80053088810     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182011000904     Document Type: Article

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