Genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii strains detected in pork sausage

Parasitologia Latinoamericana

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 65-68

  Silva, Aristeu Vieira D A ^a,c   De Mendonça, André Oliveira ^b   Pezerico, Sandia Bergamaschi ^c   Domingues, Paulo Francisco ^c   Langoni, Helio ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE PARANAENSE   (Brazil)

^b PECUÁRIA E ABASTECIMENTO   (Brazil)

^c Núcleo de Pesquisa em Zoonoses NUPEZO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Food borne pathogen; Sag2 genotyping; Sausage; Swine; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

EID: 55449125443     PISSN: 07177704     EISSN: 07177712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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