Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans and animals in the United States

JP Dubey, JL Jones - International journal for parasitology, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper reviews clinical and asymptomatic Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans and
other animals in the USA. Seroprevalence of T. gondii in humans and pigs is declining …

Toxoplasma gondii Infections in Chickens (Gallus domesticus): Prevalence, Clinical Disease, Diagnosis and Public Health Significance

JP Dubey - Zoonoses and public health, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Chickens are considered one of the most important hosts in the epidemiology of
Toxoplasma gondii infection because they are an efficient source of infection for cats that …

Diagnostic medical parasitology

LS Garcia - Manual of commercial methods in clinical …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The key to performance of diagnostic medical parasitology procedures is formal training and
experience. The majority of diagnostic parasitology procedures can be performed either …

PREVALENCE OF VIABLE TOXOPLASMA GONDII IN BEEF, CHICKEN, AND PORK FROM RETAIL MEAT STORES IN THE UNITED STATES: RISK ASSESSMENT …

JP Dubey, DE Hill, JL Jones… - Journal of …, 2005 - meridian.allenpress.com
The prevalence of viable Toxoplasma gondii was determined in 6,282 samples (2,094 each
of beef, chicken, and pork) obtained from 698 retail meat stores from 28 major geographic …

Genetic diversity of Toxoplasma gondii in animals and humans

LD Sibley, A Khan, JW Ajioka… - … Transactions of the …, 2009 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Toxoplasma gondii is one of the most widespread parasites of domestic, wild, and
companion animals, and it also commonly infects humans. Toxoplasma gondii has a …

Toxoplasma gondii prevalence in farm animals in the United States

DE Hill, JP Dubey - International journal for parasitology, 2013 - Elsevier
Toxoplasmosis, caused by Toxoplasma gondii, is one of the most common parasitic
infections of humans and other warmblooded animals. It has been found worldwide and …

Type X Toxoplasma gondii in a wild mussel and terrestrial carnivores from coastal California: new linkages between terrestrial mammals, runoff and toxoplasmosis of …

MA Miller, WA Miller, PA Conrad, ER James… - International journal for …, 2008 - Elsevier
Sea otters in California are commonly infected with Toxoplasma gondii. A unique Type X
strain is responsible for 72% of otter infections, but its prevalence in terrestrial animals and …

Genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii Strains from Immunocompromised Patients Reveals High Prevalence of Type I Strains

A Khan, C Su, M German, GA Storch… - Journal of Clinical …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
Toxoplasma gondii is an important food-and waterborne opportunistic pathogen that causes
severe disease in immunocompromised patients. T. gondii has an unusual clonal population …

Long-Term Survival of Toxoplasma gondii Sporulated Oocysts in Seawater

DS Lindsay, JP Dubey - Journal of Parasitology, 2009 - meridian.allenpress.com
Toxoplasma gondii is now recognized as an important pathogen in costal marine mammals.
Oocysts from cat feces are believed to be washed into seawater and serve as a source of …

Congenital transmission of apicomplexan parasites: a review

M Rojas-Pirela, L Medina, MV Rojas… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Apicomplexans are a group of pathogenic protists that cause various diseases in humans
and animals that cause economic losses worldwide. These unicellular eukaryotes are …