Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in free-living Amazon River dolphins (Inia geoffrensis) from central Amazon, Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 183, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 171-173

  Santos, P S ^a   Albuquerque, G R ^a   da Silva, V M F ^b   Martin, A R ^c   Marvulo, M F V ^d   Souza, S L P ^e   Ragozo, A M A ^f   Nascimento, C C ^g   Gennari, S M ^h   Dubey, J P ⁱ   Silva, J C R ^d,j  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d Instituto Brasileiro para Medicina da Conservação Instituto Tríade   (Brazil)

^e ANHEMBI MORUMBI UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^f SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^g Unimonte University   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

ⁱ AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

Amazon River dolphin; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; INIA GEOFFRENSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; DOLPHINS; FEMALE; MALE; OOCYSTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; INIA GEOFFRENSIS; MAMMALIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 82755160990     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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