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Toxoplasma gondii in small exotic felids from zoos in Europe and the Middle East: serological prevalence and risk factors

BACKGROUND: Toxoplasma gondii infections and cases of clinical toxoplasmosis have been recorded in zoo animals. Wild felids in human care can serve as definitive hosts that shed oocysts, but also as intermediate hosts for the parasite. Some felid species, such as the Pallas’s cat (Otocolobus manul)...

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Autores principales: Lücht, Maike, Stagegaard, Julia, Conraths, Franz J., Schares, Gereon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6737647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31511050
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3706-2