Spatial distribution of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts in soil in a rural area: Influence of cats and land use

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 205, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 629-637

  Gotteland, Cécile ^a,b   Gilot Fromont, Emmanuelle ^a,c   Aubert, Dominique ^b   Poulle, Marie Lazarine ^b   Dupuis, Emilie ^b   Dardé, Marie Laure ^d   Forin Wiart, Marie Amélie ^b   Rabilloud, Muriel ^a,e   Riche, Benjamin ^a,e   Villena, Isabelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^e Service de Biostatistique   (France)

Author keywords

Domestic cat; Environmental contamination; Land use; Oocyst; Spatial distribution; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROPLAND; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DOMESTIC CAT; FOREST; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; CAT; CAT DISEASES; DEMOGRAPHY; FECES; FRANCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; POLLUTION; PREVALENCE; SOIL; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

SOIL; WATER;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FECES; FRANCE; HUMANS; OOCYSTS; PREVALENCE; SOIL; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; WATER;

EID: 84926139426     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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