Characterization of Toxoplasma gondii from domestic animals from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Parasite

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-149

  Brandao G P ^a   Ferreira, A M ^a   Melo, M N ^a   Vitor, Ricardo Wagre A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Domestic animals; PCR RFLP; Strains; Toxoplasma gondii; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; GALLUS GALLUS; SUS SCROFA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOASSAY; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CHICKEN; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TOXOPLASMA; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAZIL; CHICKENS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33747132673     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2006132143     Document Type: Article

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