Direct genotyping of toxoplasma gondii in ocular fluid samples from 20 patients with ocular toxoplasmosis: Predominance of type II in France

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1513-1517

  Fekkar, A ^a,b,c   Ajzenberg, D ^d,e   Bodaghi, B ^a   Touafek, F ^a   Le Hoang, P ^a   Delmas, J ^e   Robert, P Y ^e   Darde M L ^d,e   Mazier, D ^a,b,c   Paris, L ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^e DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CHORIORETINITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VITREOUS BODY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR; VITREOUS BODY; YOUNG ADULT;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 79953885160     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02196-10     Document Type: Article

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