Cat ownership is neither a strong predictor of Toxoplasma gondii infection nor a risk factor for brain cancer

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1042-

  Vittecoq, Marion ^a,b   Lafferty, Kevin D ^c   Elguero, Eric ^a   Brodeur, Jacques ^d   Gauthier Clerc, Michel ^b   Missé, Dorothée ^a   Roche, Benjamin ^a,e   Thomas, Frédéric ^a,f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^f Universite de Montpellier   (France)

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EID: 84869793218     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0625     Document Type: Note

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