Foodborne toxoplasmosis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 845-851

  Jones, Jeffrey L ^a   Dubey, J P ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAR; CATTLE; CHICKEN; COOKING; DEER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; FRUIT; GOAT; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MEAT; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; FRUIT; HUMANS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84865528728     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis508     Document Type: Article

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