Genetic characterisation of Toxoplasma gondii in wildlife from North America revealed widespread and high prevalence of the fourth clonal type

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1139-1147

  Dubey, J P ^a   Velmurugan, G V ^a   Rajendran, C ^a   Yabsley, M J ^b   Thomas, N J ^c   Beckmen, K B ^d   Sinnett, D ^e   Ruid, D ^e   Hart, J ^e   Fair, P A ^f   McFee, W E ^f   Shearn Bochsler, V ^c   Kwok, O C H ^a   Ferreira, L R ^a   Choudhary, S ^a   Faria, E B ^a   Zhou, H ^g   Felix, T A ^e   Su, C ^h  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^e UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^f CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^g SHANDONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic types; Isolation; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii; USA; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DNA; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITE; PROTOZOAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC FOX; ARTICLE; BALD EAGLE; BIOASSAY; CARNIVORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; EAGLE; FOX; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAY WOLF; MOUSE; NEOTOMA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEA OTTER; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL; WILDLIFE; WOLF;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CATS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RODENTIA; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

UNITED STATES;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANIMALIA; CANIS LUPUS; ENHYDRA; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; MUS; NEOTOMA MICROPUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 80052297406     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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