Publications
| in vitro isolation and seroprevalence of toxoplasma gondii in stray cats and pigeons in lisbon, portugal. | oral contamination with toxoplasma gondii oocysts shed by cats into the environment has been linked to severe outbreaks of human toxoplasmosis. pigeons (columba livia) are highly susceptible to oral infection with oocysts and indirectly indicate soil contamination, since they feed from the ground. a seroprevalence study was performed on cats and pigeons captured in the city of lisbon. serum samples collected from 1507 pigeons captured at 64 feeding sites and 423 stray cats were screened for anti ... | 2012 | 22341615 |
| epidemiological and genetic characterization of toxoplasma gondii in urban pigeons from the area of lisbon (portugal). | circumstantial evidence suggests that birds may be a good indicator of soil contamination, since they feed from the ground. therefore a study was conducted to assess the prevalence of toxoplasma gondii in urban pigeons (columba livia) from different areas of the city of lisbon and to genetically characterize t. gondii strains isolated from infected animals, in order to assess circulating genotypes. sera from 695 pigeons captured at 33 different localities of the city of lisbon were assayed by th ... | 2008 | 18722717 |