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Isolation of viable Toxoplasma gondii, molecular characterization, and seroprevalence in elk (Cervus canadensis) in Pennsylvania, USA.
Veterinary parasitology - 30 Aug 2017
Dubey J P, Brown J, Verma S K, Cerqueira-Cézar C K, Banfield J, Kwok O C H, Ying Y, Murata F H A, Pradhan A K, Su C
Abstract excerpt
Toxoplasmosis is a worldwide zoonosis. The ingestion of uncooked/undercooked meat and consumption of water contaminated with Toxoplasma gondii oocysts excreted by felids are the main modes of transmission of this parasite. T. gondii has been reported in multiple cervid species; however, little is known of the parasite in North American elk (Cervus canadensis). In the present study, antibodies to T. gondii were...
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