A systematic meta-analysis of toxoplasma gondii prevalence in food animals in the United States

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 109-118

  Guo, Miao ^a   Mishra, Abhinav ^a   Buchanan, Robert L ^a   Dubey, Jitender P ^b   Hill, Dolores E ^b   Gamble, H Ray ^c   Jones, Jeffrey L ^d   Pradhan, Abani K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CHICKEN; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GOAT; GOOGLE SCHOLAR; HUMAN; LAMB; LIVESTOCK; MEDLINE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PIG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOW (SWINE); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES; WEB OF SCIENCE; ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GOAT DISEASES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84960886296     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2015.2070     Document Type: Article

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