Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in England and Wales

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Chadwick, Elizabeth A ^a   Cable, Joanne ^a   Chinchen, Alex ^a   Francis, Janet ^b   Guy, Edward ^b   Kean, Eleanor F ^a   Paul, Sarah C ^a   Perkins, Sarah E ^a   Sherrard Smith, Ellie ^a   Wilkinson, Clare ^a   Forman, Dan W ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Sabin Feldman; Spatial distribution; Surveillance; Wildlife disease; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; LABORATORY TEST; LUTRA LUTRA; MALE; NONHUMAN; SABIN FELDMAN TEST; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; OTTER; PARASITOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALIA; LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VERTEBRATA;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OTTERS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; WALES;

EID: 84875039884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-75     Document Type: Article

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