Genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from China

Parasitology International

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-195

  Zhou, Peng ^a   Zhang, Han ^b   Lin, Rui Qing ^a   Zhang, De Lin ^c   Song, Hui Qun ^a   Su, Chunlei ^d   Zhu, Xing Quan ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangdong Institute for Animal Disease Control and Surveillance   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Genotyping; Multilocus PCR RFLP; Polymorphism; Population structure; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; CAT; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SHEEP; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; CAT DISEASES; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PIG; SHEEP DISEASES; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHINA; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

GENETIC MARKER;

EID: 67349144365     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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