Recent expansion of Toxoplasma through enhanced oral transmission

Science

Volumn 299, Issue 5605, 2003, Pages 414-416

  Su, C ^a   Evans, D ^b   Cole, R H ^a   Kissinger, J C ^c   Ajioka, J W ^b   Sibley, L D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXOPLASMAS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING; PATHOLOGY;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

LIFE CYCLE; PARASITISM; PATHOGEN; POLYMORPHISM;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CROSS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CATS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; GENES, PROTOZOAN; INTRONS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOUTH; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VIRULENCE;

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347091255     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1078035     Document Type: Article

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