Seroprevalence and correlates of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic pigs in Veracruz State, Mexico

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 705-709

  Alvarado Esquivel, Cosme ^a   Romero Salas, Dora ^b   García Vázquez, Zeferino ^c   Crivelli Diaz, Margarita ^b   Barrientos Morales, Manuel ^b   Lopez de Buen, Lorena ^b   Dubey, Jitender P ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mexico; Pigs; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MEXICO; PARASITOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; MALE; MEXICO; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84896042771     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-014-0551-3     Document Type: Article

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