Isolation and genetic characterisation of Toxoplasma gondii from a red-handed howler monkey (Alouatta belzebul), a jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi), and a black-eared opossum (Didelphis aurita) from Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 175, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 377-381

  Pena, H F J ^a   Marvulo, M F V ^b   Horta, M C ^c   Silva, M A ^b   Silva, J C R ^b,d   Siqueira, D B ^e   Lima, P A C P ^e   Vitaliano, S N ^a   Gennari, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO VALE DO SÃO FRANCISCO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^e Praa Farias Neves S/n   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Genotype; Isolation; PCR RFLP; Toxoplasma gondii; Wild animals

Indexed keywords

ALOUTTA BELZEBUL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIDELPHIS AURITA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLORHINI; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUMA YAGOUROUNDI; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAZIL; DIDELPHIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICE; MONKEY DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUMA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VIRULENCE;

ALOUATTA BELZEBUL; ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS AURITA; FELIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; HERPAILURUS; HERPAILURUS YAGUARONDI; IRMAOS; MAMMALIA; MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 78751613111     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.10.015     Document Type: Article

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