New toxoplasma gondii genotypes isolated from free-range chickens from the Fernando de Noronha, Brazil: Unexpected findings

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 709-712

  Dubey, J P ^a   Rajendran, C ^a,b   Costa, D G C ^a   Ferreira, L R ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Qu, D ^a,c   Su, C ^a,d   Marvulo, M F V ^a,e   Alves, L C ^a,b   Mota, R A ^a,b   Silva, J C R ^a,b,e  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e Instituto Brasileiro para Medicina da Conservação Instituto Tríade   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; BIOASSAY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW RECORD; PATHOGEN; POLYMORPHISM; POULTRY; PROTOZOAN; RODENT;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAZIL; CHICKEN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOASSAY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHENOTYPE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAZIL; CATS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POULTRY DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VIRULENCE;

BRAZIL; EUROPE; FERNANDO DE NORONHA; NORTH AMERICA; PERNAMBUCO;

GALLUS GALLUS; MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77956153061     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2425.1     Document Type: Article

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