Isolation and multilocus genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii in seronegative rodents in Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 174, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 328-331

  Araújo, Jacqueline B ^a   da Silva, Aristeu V ^b,c   Rosa, Ronaldo C ^a   Mattei, Rodrigo J ^a   da Silva, Rodrigo C ^c   Richini Pereira, Virginia B ^c   Langoni, Helio ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE PARANAENSE   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibody detection; Bioassay; Genotyping; Mus musculus; Rattus rattus; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; MOUSE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; RAT; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICE; RATS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 78649332854     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.08.039     Document Type: Article

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