Toxoplasmosis in humans and animals in Brazil: high prevalence, high burden of disease, and epidemiology

JP Dubey, EG Lago, SM Gennari, C Su, JL Jones - Parasitology, 2012 - cambridge.org
Infections by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii are widely prevalent in humans and
animals in Brazil. The burden of clinical toxoplasmosis in humans is considered to be very …

Waterborne toxoplasmosis–recent developments

JL Jones, JP Dubey - Experimental parasitology, 2010 - Elsevier
Humans become infected with Toxoplasma gondii mainly by ingesting uncooked meat
containing viable tissue cysts or by ingesting food or water contaminated with oocysts from …

[图书][B] Toxoplasmosis of animals and humans

JP Dubey - 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
Found worldwide from Alaska to Australasia, Toxoplasma gondii knows no geographic
boundaries. The protozoan is the source of one of the most common parasitic infections in …

Cats and Toxoplasma: Implications for Public Health

HA Dabritz, PA Conrad - Zoonoses and public health, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Cats are popular as pets worldwide because they are easy to care for and provide
companionship that enriches the lives of human beings. Little attention has been focused on …

Home range, habitat use, and activity patterns of free‐roaming domestic cats

JA Horn, N Mateus‐Pinilla, RE Warner… - The Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We used radio‐telemetry and collar‐mounted activity sensors to compare home range size,
habitat use, and activity patterns of owned and unowned free‐roaming cats on the outskirts …

Multiplex PCR in species authentication: probability and prospects—a review

ME Ali, MA Razzak, SBA Hamid - Food Analytical Methods, 2014 - Springer
Food forgery is one of the most articulated socio-economic concerns which contributed to
increase people's awareness on what they eat and how and where it is produced …

Toxoplasmosis: beyond animals to humans

Y Sukthana - TRENDS in Parasitology, 2006 - cell.com
The parasitic zoonosis toxoplasmosis, which was poorly understood before the advent of the
HIV epidemic, has become a major clinical problem worldwide. Humans acquire …

Prevalence of Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii in sheep and dogs from Guarapuava farms, Paraná State, Brazil

PR Romanelli, RL Freire, O Vidotto… - Research in Veterinary …, 2007 - Elsevier
Sheep and dog blood samples were collected from nine farms in the county of Guarapuava,
Paraná, Brazil. The indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) was used to detect Neospora …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and risk factors of toxoplasmosis among pregnant women in Fortaleza, Northeastern Brazil

S Sroka, N Bartelheimer, A Winter… - The American journal …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We determined the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and associated risk factors among
963 pregnant women attending an obstetric hospital in Fortaleza, Brazil. Seroprevalences of …

Dogs (Canis familiaris) as Sentinels for Human Infectious Disease and Application to Canadian Populations: A Systematic Review

NH Bowser, NE Anderson - Veterinary sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
In a world where climate change, vector expansion, human activity, and pathogen dispersal
do not respect boundaries, the human–animal–pathogen interface has become less …