Biological and genetic characterisation of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from chickens (Gallus domesticus) from São Paulo, Brazil: Unexpected findings

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 99-105

  Dubey, J P ^a   Graham, D H ^b   Blackston, C R ^b   Lehmann, T ^b   Gennari, S M ^c   Ragozo, A M A ^c   Nishi, S M ^c   Shen, S K ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Hill, D E ^a   Thulliez, P ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Institut de Puericulture   (France)

Author keywords

Brazil; Chickens; Genotyping; Mouse virulent strains; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

GENETIC VARIATION; HOST RANGE;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN; BRAZIL; CAT; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEART; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; RURAL AREA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAIN; BRAZIL; CATS; CHICKENS; FECES; FEMALE; LUNG; MICE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POULTRY DISEASES; RURAL POPULATION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; GALLUS; GALLUS GALLUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0036162787     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(01)00364-2     Document Type: Article

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