Quantifying sources of environmental contamination with Toxocara spp. eggs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 390-397

  Morgan, E R ^a,b   Azam, D ^a   Pegler, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Veterinary Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cat; Control; Distribution; Dog; Fox; Soil; Toxocara spp.; Toxocarosis, Egg

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FECES ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAT; CAT DISEASES; DOG; DOG DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; FOX; HEALTH; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OOCYTE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL; TOXOCARA CANIS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; TOXOCARA;

SOIL;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; FOXES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVUM; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84875059074     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.12.034     Document Type: Article

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