Transplacental toxoplasmosis in naturally-infected white-tailed deer: Isolation and genetic characterisation of Toxoplasma gondii from foetuses of different gestational ages

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 38, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 1057-1063

  Dubey, J P ^a   Velmurugan, G V ^a   Ulrich, V ^b   Gill, J ^c   Carstensen, M ^d   Sundar, N ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Thulliez, P ^e   Majumdar, D ^f   Su, C ^f  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^e Institut de Puericulture   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotype; Odocoileus virginianus; Toxoplasma gondii; Transplacental; USA; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; DEER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HOMINID; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INOCULATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROTOZOAN; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WHITE TAILED DEER;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; FETUS; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MEAT PRODUCTS; MICE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREGNANCY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL;

IOWA; MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; MUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 43849092107     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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