Genetic diversity among capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) isolates of Toxoplasma gondii from Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 162, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 332-337

  Yai, Lucia E O ^a   Ragozo, Alessandra M A ^b   Soares, Rodrigo M ^b   Pena, Hilda F J ^b   Su, C ^c   Gennari, Solange M ^b  

^a CENTRO DE CONTROLE DE ZOONOSES   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Capybaras; Genotype; Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris; Toxoplasma gondii; Wild

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAPYBARA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RODENT; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; GENETIC VARIATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RODENTIA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; MAMMALIA; MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 67349226690     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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