Genetic diversity of Toxoplasma gondii isolates in Egyptian feral cats reveals new genotypes

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1112-1114

  Al Kappany, Y M ^a   Rajendran, C ^a   Abu Elwafa, S A ^a,b   Hilali, M ^a,c   Su, C ^a,d   Dubey, J P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^c Cairo University   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BIOMARKER; CLONE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FELID; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTOZOAN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; DOG; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SRI LANKA; TACHYZOITE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EGYPT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VIRULENCE;

EGYPT;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS MARGARITA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 78650434092     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2608.1     Document Type: Article

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