Low virulence of oocysts of Czech Toxoplasma gondii isolates on the basis of biological and genetic characteristics

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 777-781

  Bartova E ^a   Sedlak K ^a,b   Literak I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b Statni veterinarni ustav Praha   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

PARASITE; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; CAT; DOG; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RABBIT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ROP1 GENE; SPOROGENESIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAIN; CATS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VIRULENCE;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 18344418581     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-81R     Document Type: Article

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