Characterization of Toxoplasma gondii from raccoons (Procyon lotor), coyotes (Canis latrans), and striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) in Wisconsin identified several atypical genotypes

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1524-1527

  Dubey, J P ^a   Sundar, N ^a   Nolden, C A ^b   Samuel, M D ^b   Velmurugan, G V ^a   Bandini, L A ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Bodenstein, B ^c   Su, C ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BIOASSAY; CANID; GENOTYPE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PARASITE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RODENT;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; CARNIVORA; CONFERENCE PAPER; COYOTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RACCOON; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UNITED STATES;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CATS; COYOTES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MEPHITIDAE; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RACCOONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; WISCONSIN;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS LATRANS; MAMMALIA; MEPHITIDAE; MEPHITIS; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; MUS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 38749096984     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1245.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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