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Epidemiology of toxoplasmosis: role of the tick Haemaphysalis longicornis

BACKGROUND: Toxoplasma gondii infection is mainly caused by ingestion of water or food that is contaminated with oocysts excreted by cats, or by eating raw meat containing T. gondii tissue cysts. However, oral transmission does not explain the common occurrence of toxoplasmosis in a variety of hosts...

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Autores principales: Zhou, Yongzhi, Zhang, Houshuang, Cao, Jie, Gong, Haiyan, Zhou, Jinlin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4761159/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26897021
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-016-0106-0