Toxoplasma gondii isolates: Multilocus RFLP-PCR genotyping from human patients in Sao Paulo State, Brazil identified distinct genotypes

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 190-195

  Ferreira, Isabelle Martins Ribeiro ^a   Vidal, Jose Ernesto ^b,c   de Mattos, Cinara de Cássia Brandão ^d   de Mattos, Luiz Carlos ^d   Qu, Daofeng ^e   Su, Chunlei ^f   Pereira Chioccola, Vera Lucia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazilian patients; Toxoplasma gondii genotyping; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALITIS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 80052408198     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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