Genetic analyses of atypical Toxoplasma gondii strains reveal a fourth clonal lineage in North America

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 645-655

  Khan, Asis ^a   Dubey, J P ^b   Su, Chunlei ^c   Ajioka, James W ^d   Rosenthal, Benjamin M ^b   Sibley, L David ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clonality; Genotype; Linkage disequilibrium; Network analysis; Phylogeny; Population

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CROSS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICE; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VIRULENCE;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; ENHYDRA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 79954889434     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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