Serosurvey of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in white-tailed deer from Northern Mexico

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 189, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 369-373

  Olamendi Portugal, María ^a   Caballero Ortega, Heriberto ^b   Correa, Dolores ^b   Sánchez Alemán, Miguel A ^a   Cruz Vázquez, Carlos ^c   Medina Esparza, Leticia ^c   Ortega S, J Alfonso ^d   Cantu, Antonio ^e   García Vázquez, Zeferino ^f  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

^c Instituto Tecnologico El Llano   (Mexico)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^e INIFAP CIRNE Campo Experimental Aldama   (Mexico)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Mexico; Neospora caninum; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION RISK; MEXICO; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHITE TAILED DEER;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COCCIDIOSIS; DEER; MEXICO; NEOSPORA; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; ZOONOSES;

CERVIDAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84866305600     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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