Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in commercial meat products as monitored by polymerase chain reaction – Food for thought?

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1193-1199

  Aspinall, Tanya V ^a   Marlee, Damian ^a   Hyde, John E ^a   Sims, Paul F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dihydropteroate synthase; Food borne pathogen; SAG2 genotyping; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; PRIMER DNA; SULFONAMIDE;

PATHOGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYMOLOGY; FOOD CONTROL; GENE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA;

ALLELES; ANIMAL; CATTLE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; MEAT PRODUCTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SULFONAMIDES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA; ANIMALS;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0036020260     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(02)00070-X     Document Type: Article

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