High prevalence and genotypes of Toxoplasma gondii isolated from goats, from a retail meat store, destined for human consumption in the USA

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 827-833

  Dubey, J P ^a   Rajendran, C ^a   Ferreira, L R ^a   Martins, J ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Hill, D E ^a   Villena, I ^b   Zhou, H ^c   Su, C ^d   Jones, J L ^e  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b HÔPITAL MAISON BLANCHE   (France)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Capra hircus; Genotype; Goats; PCR RFLP; Retail meat; Toxoplasma gondii; USA

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; PEPSIN A; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANTIBODY; BIOASSAY; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GOAT; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; PROTOZOAN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD CLOT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL LINEAGE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GOAT; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; MARKER GENE; MEAT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GOATS; HEART; MEAT; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

CAPRA HIRCUS; MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 79956372540     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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