Genotypic analysis of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from pigs

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 639-641

  Mondragon, Ricardo ^a,b   Howe, Daniel K ^a   Dubey, J P ^c   Sibley, L David ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ABATTOIRS; ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IOWA; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; SUS SCROFA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0031867389     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284743     Document Type: Article

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