Detection of Oocyst-Associated Toxoplasmosis in Swine from Southern Chile

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 389-392

  Munoz Zanzi C ^a,b   Tamayo, R ^b   Balboa, J ^b   Hill, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Oocyst transmission; Sporozoite specific antigen; Swine; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CHILE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD STORAGE; MALE; MEAT; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; RODENT CONTROL; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SPOROZOITE; SWINE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILE; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; OOCYSTS; PILOT PROJECTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPOROZOITES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SUIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84865164675     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.01471.x     Document Type: Article

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