Abstract
Toxoplasma gondii is one of the important zoonotic parasites of worldwide. In this paper the seroprevalence of T. gondii in draught horses (3-15 years) including 90 males and 10 females in the first half of the year 2009 was studied. The result showed that the overall ELISA-T. gondii antibodies were 25% of the horses in Greater Cairo, 50% (females) and 22.2% (males).
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Antibodies, Protozoan / blood*
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Egypt / epidemiology
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
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Female
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Horse Diseases / epidemiology*
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Horse Diseases / transmission
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Horses
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Humans
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Male
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Seroepidemiologic Studies
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Toxoplasma / immunology*
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Toxoplasmosis / epidemiology
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Toxoplasmosis / transmission
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Toxoplasmosis, Animal / epidemiology*
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Toxoplasmosis, Animal / transmission
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Zoonoses