Atypical Toxoplasma gondii genotypes identified in oocysts shed by cats in Germany

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-292

  Herrmann, D C ^a   Pantchev, N ^b   Vrhovec, Globokar ^b   Barutzki, D ^c   Wilking, H ^a   Frohlich A ^a   Luder C G K ^d   Conraths, F J ^a   Schares, G ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b IDEXX LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^c Veterinary Laboratory Freiburg   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cat; Genotype; PCR RFLP; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; FELID; GENOTYPE; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; OOCYSTS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEASONS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

GERMANY;

FELIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77649271789     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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