A new atypical highly mouse virulent toxoplasma gondii genotype isolated from a wild black bear in Alaska

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 713-716

  Dubey, J P ^a   Rajendran, C ^a   Ferreira, L R ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Sinnett, D ^a,b   Majumdar, D ^a,c   Su, C ^a,c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; FELID; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; PARASITE INFESTATION; POLYMORPHISM; PROTOZOAN; RODENT; VIRULENCE; WILD POPULATION;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BEAR; CAT; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SWISS WEBSTER MOUSE; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ALASKA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAIN; CATS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LUNG; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; URSIDAE; VIRULENCE;

ALASKA; EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 77956151915     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2429.1     Document Type: Article

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