Dubey J P, Jones J L
United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Animal and Natural Resources Institute, Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, Beltsville, MD 20705-2350, USA.
Int J Parasitol. 2008 Sep;38(11):1257-78. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.03.007. Epub 2008 Apr 11.
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. Modes of transmission, epidemiology and environmental contamination with oocysts on land and sea are discussed.
本文综述了美国人类和其他动物的临床及无症状弓形虫感染情况。人类和猪的弓形虫血清阳性率正在下降。文中讨论了传播方式、流行病学以及陆地和海洋中卵囊对环境的污染情况。