New strategy for the survey of Toxoplasma gondii in meat for human consumption

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 183, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 203-208

  Villena, Isabelle ^a   Durand, Benoit ^b   Aubert, Dominique ^a   Blaga, Radu ^b   Geers, Régine ^a   Thomas, Myriam ^b   Perret, Catherine ^b   Alliot, Annie ^b   Escotte Binet, Sandie ^a   Thébault, Anne ^c   Boireau, Pascal ^b   Halos, Lénaïg ^d  

^a REIMS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ANSES   (France)

^c FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^d BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ELISA; MAT; Mouse bioassay; Muscle fluid; Ovine meat; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAPHRAGM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; LAMB MEAT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SHEEP; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DIAPHRAGM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; FRANCE; HEART; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEAT; MICE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; MUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 83255187270     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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