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First biologic and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from chickens from Africa (Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Kenya).
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Feb 2005
Dubey J P, Karhemere S, Dahl E, Sreekumar C, Diabaté A, Dabiré K R, Vianna M C B, Kwok O C H, Lehmann T
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in free-ranging chickens (Gallus domesticus) is a good indicator of the prevalence of T. gondii oocysts in the soil because chickens feed from the ground. In the present study, prevalence of T. gondii in chickens from Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Kenya is reported. The prevalence of T. gondii antibodies in sera of 50 free-range chickens from Congo was...
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