Preliminary study on the occurrence of Toxoplasma gondii in ixodes ricinus ticks from north-western Poland with the use of PCR

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 333-338

  Sroka, Jacek ^a,b   Wójcik Fatla, Angelina ^a   Zwoliński, Jacek ^a   Zaja̧c, Violetta ^a   Sawczuk, Marek ^c   Dutkiewicz, Jacek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

B1 gene; Genotyping; Ixodes ricinus; North western Poland; PCR; Ticks; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IXODES; MALE; MICE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 57449087451     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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