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Isolation and molecular characterization of Toxoplasma gondii isolated from pigeons and stray cats in Lisbon, Portugal.
Veterinary parasitology - 15 Oct 2014
Vilares A, Gargaté M J, Ferreira I, Martins S, Júlio C, Waap H, Angelo H, Gomes J P
Abstract excerpt
Cats and pigeons are important factors in the epidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii as felids are the only definitive hosts that can excrete environmentally resistant oocysts, and pigeons share the same places of cats and humans constituting a good model and indicator of the ground field contamination. We aimed to study the virulence and genotypes of T. gondii isolated from pigeons and stray cats in Lisbon, Portugal....
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