Isolation and genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii causing fatal systemic toxoplasmosis in an immunocompetent 10-year-old cat

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 104-108

  Spycher, Andrea ^a   Geigy, Caroline ^a   Howard, Judith ^a   Posthaus, Horst ^a   Gendron, Karine ^a   Gottstein, Bruno ^a   Debache, Karim ^a   Herrmann, Daland C ^a,b   Schares, Gereon ^a,b   Frey, Caroline F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cats; Genotyping; In vitro isolation; Systemic toxoplasmosis; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 78651493755     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063871102300117     Document Type: Article

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