Seroprevalence and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii in three species of pet birds in China

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Cong, Wei ^a,b   Meng, Qing Feng ^c   Song, Hui Qun ^a   Zhou, Dong Hui ^a   Huang, Si Yang ^a   Qian, Ai Dong ^b   Su, Chunlei ^a,d   Zhu, Xing Quan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b JILIN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Jilin Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic characterization; Pet birds; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PROTOZOAL DNA;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ALAUDA GULGULA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN TISSUE; CARDUELIS SPINUS; CHINA; COCOTHRAUSTES MIGRATORLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CHINA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84898729736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-152     Document Type: Article

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