First biologic and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma Gondii isolates from chickens from Africa (Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Kenya)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-72

  Dubey, J P ^a   Karhemere, S ^a,b   Dahl, E ^a,c   Sreekumar, C ^a   Diabate A ^a,d   Dabire K R ^a,d   Vianna, M C B ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Lehmann, T ^a,c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b MS: F22 ^*  (Congo)

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

^d CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; SURFACE ANTIGEN P22, TOXOPLASMA;

GENETICS; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POULTRY;

AFRICA; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; INFESTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; BRAIN; BURKINA FASO; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; GENETICS; HEART; IMMUNOLOGY; KENYA; MALI; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TOXOPLASMA; VIRULENCE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

GALLUS GALLUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAIN; BURKINA FASO; CHICKENS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; HEART; KENYA; MALI; MICE; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POULTRY DISEASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 17844363956     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-410R     Document Type: Article

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