Seropositivity and risk factors associated with Toxoplasma gondii infection in wild birds from Spain.

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Oscar Cabezón, Ignacio García-Bocanegra, Rafael Molina-López, Ignasi Marco, Juan M Blanco, Ursula Höfle, Antoni Margalida, Esther Bach-Raich, Laila Darwich, Israel Echeverría, Elena Obón, Mauro Hernández, Santiago Lavín, Jitender P Dubey, Sonia Almería
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Otis; eurasian eagle-owl; Falco peregrinus; peregrine falcon; Aquila chrysaetos; golden eagle; osprey; Pandion haliaetus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029549; https://doaj.org/article/2d77cd3bfba94d63b3864c9bd8d7e33d

Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic intracellular protozoan parasite of worldwide distribution that infects many species of warm-blooded animals, including birds. To date, there is scant information about the seropositivity of T. gondii and the risk factors associated with T. gondii infection in wild bi...