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Evidence of high exposure to Toxoplasma gondii in free-ranging and captive African carnivores
Toxoplasma gondii is an ubiquitous intracellular protozoan parasite. Mammals and birds are intermediate hosts and felid species are definitive hosts. In most human altered habitats the domestic cat is the predominant definitive host. Current knowledge of T. gondii infection in African ecosystems is...
Autores principales: | Ferreira, Susana Carolina Martins, Torelli, Francesca, Klein, Sandra, Fyumagwa, Robert, Karesh, William B., Hofer, Heribert, Seeber, Frank, East, Marion L. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6356113/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30740303 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2018.12.007 |
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