Isolation of Toxoplasma gondii from the brain of a dog in Australia and its biological and molecular characterization

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 164, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 335-339

  Al Qassab, Sarwat ^a   Reichel, Michael P ^a   Su, Chunlei ^b   Jenkins, David ^c   Hall, Craig ^d   Windsor, Peter A ^e   Dubey, J P ^f   Ellis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d yarrandoo RandD Centre   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Congenital transmission; Dog; Genotyping; Isolation; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOASSAY; BRAIN TISSUE; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; AUSTRALIA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MICE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 70249084119     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.05.019     Document Type: Article

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