Tissue distribution and molecular characterization of chicken isolates of Toxoplasma gondii from Peru

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1015-1018

  Dubey, J P ^a   Levy, M Z ^a,b,c   Sreekumar, C ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Shen, S K ^a   Dahl, E ^a,b   Thulliez, P ^a,d   Lehmann, T ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Institut de Puericulture   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; PROTOZOAL DNA;

PARASITE; POULTRY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHICKEN; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HEART; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PERU; PREVALENCE; SOIL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; BIOASSAY; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CAT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TOXOPLASMA; VIRULENCE;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAIN; CATS; CHICKENS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART; MICE; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; PERU; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POULTRY DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 13844280279     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-329R     Document Type: Article

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