Toxoplasma gondii comprises three clonal lineages: Correlation of parasite genotype with human disease

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1561-1566

  Howe, Daniel K ^a   Sibley, L David ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0028886480     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/172.6.1561     Document Type: Article

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