Isolate designation and characterization of toxoplasma gondii isolates from pigs in the United States

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-99

  Velmurugan, G V ^a   Su, C ^a,b   Dubey, J P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; MEAT; PIG; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN;

ALLELE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UNITED STATES; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD; CAT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE DISEASE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIRULENCE;

MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ABATTOIRS; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CATS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; MARYLAND; MEAT; MICE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 64549086294     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1746.1     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. BOYLE, J. P., B. RAJASEKAR, J. P. J. SAEIJ, J. W. AJIOKA, M. BERRIMAN, I. PAULSEN, D. S. ROOS, L. D. SIBLEY, M. W. WHITE, AND J. C. BOOTHROYD. 2006. Just one cross appears capable of dramatically altering the population biology of a eukaryotic pathogen like Toxo-plasma gondii. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U S A 103: 10514-10519.
2. DUBEY, J. P., L. APPLEWHAITE, N. SUNDAR, G. V. VELMURUGAN, L. A. BANDINI, O. C. H. KWOK, R. HILL, AND C. SU. 2007. Molecular and biological characterization of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from free-range chickens from Guyana, South America identified several unique and common parasite genotypes. Parasitology 134: 1559-1565.
3. -, AND C. P. BEATTIE. 1988. Toxoplasmosis of animals and man. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 220 p.
4. -, H. R. GAMBLE, D. HILL, C. SREEKUMAR, S. ROMAND, AND P. THULLIEZ. 2002. High prevalence of viable Toxoplasma gondii infection in market weight pigs from a farm in Massachusetts. Journal of Parasitology 88: 1234-1238.
5. -, S. M. GENNARI, N. SUNDAR, M. C. B. VIANNA, L. M. BANDINI, L. E. O. YAI, O. C. H. KWOK, AND C. SU. 2007. Diverse and atypical genotypes identified in Toxoplasma gondii from dogs in São Paulo, Brazil. Journal of Parasitology 93: 60-64.
6. -, D. E. HILL, J. L. JONES, A. W. HIGHTOWER, E. KIRKLAND, J. M. ROBERTS, P. L. MARCET, T. LEHMANN, M. C. B. VIANNA, K. MISKA, ET AL. 2005. Prevalence of viable Toxoplasma gondii in beef, chicken and pork from retail meat stores in the United States: Risk assessment to consumers. Journal of Parasitology 91: 1082-1093.
7. -, -, H. SUNDAR, G. V. VELMURUGAN, L. A. BANDINI, O. C. H. KWOK, V. PIERCE, K. KELLY, M. DULIN, P. THULLIEZ, ET AL. 2008. Endemic toxoplasmosis in pigs on a farm in Maryland: Isolation and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii. Journal of Para-sitology 94: 36-41.
8. -, AND J. F. JONES. 2008. Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans and animals in the United States. International Journal for Parasi-tology 38: 1257-1278.
9. -, A. N. PATITUCCI, C. SU, N. SUNDAR, O. C. H. KWOK, AND S. K. SHEN. 2006. Characterization of Toxoplasma gondii isolates in free-range chickens from Chile, South America. Veterinary Para-sitology 140: 76-82.
10. -, T. QUIRK, J. A. PITT, N. SUNDAR, G. V. VELMURUGAN, O. C. H. KWOK, D. LECLAIR, R. HILL, AND C. SU. 2008. Isolation and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii from raccoons (Procyon lo-tor), cats (Felis domesticus), striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis), black bear (Ursus americanus), and cougar (Puma concolor) from Canada. Journal of Parasitology 94: 42-45.
11. -, R. P. V. J. RAJAPAKSE, P. R. M. K. K. WIJESUNDERA, N. SUNDAR, G. V. VELMURUGAN, O. C. H. KWOK, AND C. SU. 2007. Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in dogs from Sri Lanka and genetic characterization of the parasite isolates. Veterinary Parasitology 146: 341-346.
12. -, -, D. HILL, G. V. VELMURUGAN, L. A. BANDINI, O. C. H. KWOK, D. MAJUMDAR, AND C. SU. 2008. High prevalence and abundant atypical genotypes of Toxoplasma gondii isolated from lambs destined for human consumption in the USA. 2008. International Journal for Parasitology 38: 999-1006.
13. -, N. SUNDAR, S. M. GENNARI, A. H. H. MINERVINO, N. A. R. FARIAS, J. L. RUAS, T. R. B. DOS SANTOS, G. T. CAVALCANTE, O. C. H. KWOK, AND C. SU. 2007. Biologic and genetic comparison of Toxoplasma gondii isolates in free-range chickens from the northern Pará state and the southern state Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil revealed highly diverse and distinct parasite populations. Veterinary Parasitology 143: 182-188.
14. -, P. THULLIEZ, AND E. C. POWELL. 1995. Toxoplasma gondii in Iowa sows: Comparison of antibody titers to isolation of T. gondii by bioassays in mice and cats. Journal of Parasitology 81: 48-53.
15. -, G. V. VELMURUGAN, V. ULRICH, J. GILL, M. CARSTENSEN, N. SUNDAR, O. C. H. KWOK, P. THULLIEZ, D. MAJUMDAR, AND C. SU. 2008. 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 38: 1057-1063.
16. GAMBLE, H. R., R. C. BRADY, AND J. P. DUBEY. 1999. Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic pigs in the New England states. Veterinary Parasitology 82: 129-136.
17. -, J. P. DUBEY, AND D. N. LAMBILLOTTE. 2005. Comparison of a commercial ELISA with the modified agglutination test for detection of Toxoplasma infection in the domestic pig. Veterinary Para-sitology 128: 177-181.
18. GRIGG, M. E., J. GANATRA, J. C. BOOTHROOYD, AND T. P. MARGOLIS. 2001. Unusual abundance of atypical strains associated with human ocular toxoplasmosis. Journal of Infectious Diseases 184: 633-639.
19. HOWE, D. K., S. HONORÉ, F. DEROUIN, AND L. D. SIBLEY. 1997. Determination of genotypes of Toxoplasma gondii strains isolated from patients with toxoplasmosis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 35: 1411-1414.
20. JONES, J. L., D. KRUSZON-MORAN, K. SANDERS-LEWIS, AND M. WILSON. 2007. Toxoplasma gondii infection in the United States, decline from the prior decade. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 77: 405-410.
21. KHAN, A., S. TAYLOR, C. SU, A. J. MACKEY, J. BOYLE, R. COLE, D. GLOVER, K. TANG, I. T. PAULSEN, M. BERRIMAN, ET AL. 2005. Composite genome map and recombination parameters derived from three archetypal lineages of Toxoplasma gondii. Nucleic Acids Research 33: 2980-2992.
22. -, B. FUX, C. SU, J. P. DUBEY, M. L. DARDE, J. W. AJIOKA, B. M. ROSENTHAL, AND L. D. SIBLEY. 2007. Recent transcontinental sweep of Toxoplasma gondii driven by a single monomorphic chromosome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U S A 104: 14872-14877.
23. -, C. SU, M. GERMAN, G. A. STORCH, D. B. CLIFFORD, AND L. D. SIBLEY. 2005. Genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii strains from im-munocompromised patients reveals high prevalence of type I strains. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 43: 5881-5887.
24. LEHMANN, T., D. H. GRAHAM, E. DAHL, L. M. G. BAHIA-OLIVEIRA, S. M. GENNARI, AND J. P. DUBEY. 2004. Variation in the structure of Toxoplasma gondii and the roles of selfing, drift, and epistatic selection in maintaining linkage disequilibria. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 4: 107-114.
25. -, -, -, C. SREEKUMAR, F. LAUNER, J. L. CORN, H. R. GAMBLE, AND J. P. DUBEY. 2003. Transmission dynamics of Toxo-plasma gondii on a pig farm. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 3: 135-141.
26. MONDRAGON, R., D. K. HOWE, J. P. DUBEY, AND L. D. SIBLEY. 1998. Genotypic analysis of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from pigs. Journal of Parasitology 84: 639-641.
27. PENA, H. F. J., S. M. GENNARI, J. P. DUBEY, AND C. SU. 2008. Population structure and mouse-virulence of Toxoplasma gondii in Brazil. International Journal for Parasitology 38: 561-569.
28. SU, C., X. ZHANG, AND J. P. DUBEY. 2006. Genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii by multilocus PCR-RFLP markers: A high resolution and simple method for identification of parasites. International Journal for Parasitology 36: 841-848.
29. SUNDAR, N., R. A. COLE, N. J. THOMAS, D. MAJUMDAR, J. P. DUBEY, AND C. SU. 2008. Genetic diversity among sea otter isolates of Toxoplasma gondii. Veterinary Parasitology 151: 125-132.