Case report: Atypical Toxoplasma gondii strain from a free-living Jaguar (Panthera onca) in French Guiana

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-197

  Demar, M ^a   Ajzenberg, D ^b   Serrurier, B ^a   Darde M L ^b   Carme, B ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

^b DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANTHERA; PARASITE ISOLATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; FRENCH GUIANA; GENETICS; HEART; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOXOPLASMA;

ENHYDRA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS; PANTHERA ONCA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

GRA6 PROTEIN, TOXOPLASMA GONDII; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FRENCH GUIANA; GENOTYPE; HEART; MALE; MICE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PANTHERA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 41249098799     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.195     Document Type: Article

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