Toxoplasma gondii in foxes and rodents from the German Federal States of Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt: Seroprevalence and genotypes

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 185, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 78-85

  Herrmann, D C ^a   Maksimov, P ^a   Maksimov, A ^a   Sutor, A ^a   Schwarz, S ^a   Jaschke, W ^b   Schliephake, A ^c   Denzin, N ^c   Conraths, F J ^a   Schares, G ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Brandenburg State Environmental Agency   (Germany)

^c State Office for Consumer Protection Saxony Anhalt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foxes; Genotyping; RFLP; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOX; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; FEMALE; FOXES; GERMANY; MALE; MURINAE; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHREWS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

APODEMUS AGRARIUS; CANIDAE; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MURIDAE; NEOMYS ANOMALUS; RODENTIA; SORICIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84858285499     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.10.030     Document Type: Article

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