Prevalence and risk factors for exposure to Toxoplasma gondii in slaughterhouse workers in western Kenya

Prevalence and risk factors for exposure to Toxoplasma gondii in slaughterhouse workers in western Kenya

Abstract Background Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic protozoan parasite infecting warm-blooded animals. Infection in people can occur through ingestion of oocysts passed in the faeces of the definitive hosts; ingestion of bradyzoites in the tissue of infected intermediate hosts; or exposure to tachyz...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth Anne Jessie Cook, Nduhiu Gitahi, William Anson de Glanville, Lian F. Thomas, Samuel Kariuki, Erastus Kang’ethe, Eric Maurice Fèvre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Slaughterhouse
Abattoir
Kenya
Toxoplasma
Zoonoses
Occupational health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06658-8

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06658-8

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