Serotyping of Toxoplasma gondii: striking homogeneous pattern between symptomatic and asymptomatic infections within Europe and South America

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 742-747

  Morisset, Stéphane ^a   Peyron, François ^a,b   Lobry, Jean R ^a   Garweg, Justus ^c   Ferrandiz, Josette ^a   Musset, Karine ^g,h   Gomez Marin, Jorge Enrique ^d   de la Torre, Alejandra ^d   Demar, Magali ^e   Carme, Bernard ^f   Mercier, Corinne ^g,h   Garin, Jean François ⁱ   Cesbron Delauw, Marie France ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Swiss Eye Institute   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DEL QUINDÍO   (Colombia)

^e CH de Cayenne   (French Guiana)

^f Equipe EA 3593   (French Guiana)

^g UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^h CNRS   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

GRA5; GRA6; Serotyping; Toxoplasma gondii isolates; Type I, II, III

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MUS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 45949112560     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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