Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in feral cats in Qatar
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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in feral cats in Qatar
BACKGROUND Cats are essential in the life cycle of Toxoplasma gondii as they can shed the environmentally resistant oocysts after acquiring infection. Human populations living in cities with high densities of feral cats are therefore likely to be at risk of infection. The current study is the first to estimate the seroprevalence of T. gondii in the feral cat population in Qatar. We investigated...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Veterinary Research
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1746-6148
DOI: 10.1186/s12917-017-0952-4