Molecular characterization of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from cats in Spain

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1044-1046

  Montoya, A ^a   Miro G ^a   Mateo, M ^a   Ramirez C ^a,b   Fuentes, I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; BIOASSAY; DNA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FELID; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTOZOAN; RODENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAIN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VIRULENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

FELIDAE; MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 54349114638     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1403.1     Document Type: Article

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