Mouse-virulent Toxoplasma gondii isolated from feral cats on Mona island, Puerto Rico

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1365-1369

  Dubey, J P ^a   Lopez Torres H Y ^a,b   Sundar, N ^a   Velmurugan, G V ^a   Ajzenberg, D ^a,c   Kwok, O C H ^a   Hill, R ^a,d   Darde M L ^a,c   Su, C ^a,d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Programa de Especies Protegidas   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

BIOASSAY; FELID; GENOTYPE; ISLAND; PARASITE; PHENOTYPE; PROTOZOAN; RODENT;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; APICOPLAST; BIOASSAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERAL ANIMAL; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART MUSCLE; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUERTO RICO; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SERUM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PUERTO RICO; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VIRULENCE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; MONA ISLAND; PUERTO RICO;

FELIDAE; MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 38849143296     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1409.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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