Serotyping of Toxoplasma gondii in chronically infected pregnant women: predominance of type II in Europe and types I and III in Colombia (South America)

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 8, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 2333-2340

  Peyron, François ^a,b   Lobry, Jean R ^a   Musset, Karine ^c   Ferrandiz, Josette ^a   Gomez Marin, Jorge Enrique ^d   Petersen, Eskild ^e   Meroni, Valeria ^f   Rausher, Béatrice ^c   Mercier, Corinne ^c   Picot, Stéphane ^a   Cesbron Delauw, Marie France ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DEL QUINDÍO   (Colombia)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

GRA5; GRA6; Serotyping; T. gondii isolates; Type I, II, III

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SAMPLE; SEROTYPING; SOUTH AMERICA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEROTYPING; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33749328242     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2006.03.023     Document Type: Article

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