The genotype of Toxoplasma gondii strains causing ocular toxoplasmosis in humans in Brazil

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 350-351

  Vallochi, Adriana Lima ^a   Muccioli, Cristina ^d   Martins, Maria Cristina ^d   Silveira, Cláudio ^d   Belfort Jr , Rubens ^d,e   Rizzo, Luiz Vicente ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO ZERBINI   (Brazil)

^c Brazilian Min of Sci and Technol   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e Rua Botucatu   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHORIORETINITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; ENUCLEATION; EYE INFECTION; EYEBANK; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCAR; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UVEITIS;

EID: 14244258193     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2004.07.040     Document Type: Article

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