Toxoplasmosis - A waterborne zoonosis

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 57-72

  Dubey, J P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biology; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Oocyst; Pathogenesis; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

CAT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD WASHING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CANADA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; MEAT; OOCYSTS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WATER; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TAXOPLASMA; TAXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 9644303147     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.09.005     Document Type: Review

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