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High prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii oocyst shedding in stray and pet cats (Felis catus) in Virginia, United States

BACKGROUND: The protozoan Toxoplasma gondii is the causative agent of toxoplasmosis, with complications varying from mental disease to death. While human infection can occur via ingestion of tissue cysts from infected meat, most human infection comes from oocysts. Cats are the only definitive host,...

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Main Authors: Lilly, Emily L, Wortham, Caroline D
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: BioMed Central 2013
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3849917/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24330950
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-266
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