Direct genotypic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii strains associated with congenital toxoplasmosis in Tunisia (North Africa)

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1041-1046

  Boughattas, Sonia ^a   Ben Abdallah, Rym ^a   Siala, Emna ^a   Souissi, Olfa ^a   Aoun, Karim ^a   Bouratbine, Aïda ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRAIN; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TUNISIA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL; TUNISIA;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77953742835     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0691     Document Type: Article

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