Non-archetypal Type II-like and atypical strains of Toxoplasma gondii infecting marsupials of Australia

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 635-640

  Parameswaran, N ^a   Thompson, R C A ^a   Sundar, N ^b   Pan, S ^a   Johnson, M ^c   Smith, N C ^c   Grigg, M E ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Genotype; Marsupials; Non archetypal; Toxoplasma gondii; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

GENOTYPE; MARSUPIAL; PARASITE; PARASITIC DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LETHALITY; MARSUPIAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; MARSUPIALIA; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VIRULENCE;

AUSTRALIA;

METATHERIA; MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77951297879     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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