Isolation and molecular characterization of Toxoplasma gondii strains from different hosts in Iran

Parasitology Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 111-115

  Zia Ali, N ^a   Fazaeli, A ^b   Khoramizadeh, M ^c   Ajzenberg, D ^d   Darde M ^d   Keshavarz Valian, H ^c  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CAT; CHICKEN; DUCK; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IRAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHICKENS; DUCKS; IRAN; POULTRY DISEASES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANAS; ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; FELIS CATUS; GALLUS GALLUS; MUS; OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 34247613618     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0461-7     Document Type: Article

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