Analysis of marine bivalve shellfish from the fish market in Santos city, São Paulo state, Brazil, for Toxoplasma gondii

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 170, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 8-13

  Esmerini, Patrícia O ^a   Gennari, Solange M ^a   Pena, Hilda F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Molecular detection; Mussels; Oocysts; Oysters; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; THIOCYANATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAZIL; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MARKET; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOUSE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OYSTER; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIVALVIA; BRAZIL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA RHIZOPHORAE; MAMMALIA; MODIOLUS BRASILIENSIS; MOLLUSCA; MUS; OSTREIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77952889420     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.01.036     Document Type: Article

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