Population genetics of Toxoplasma gondii: New perspectives from parasite genotypes in wildlife

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-111

  Wendte, Jered M ^a,b   Gibson, Amanda K ^b   Grigg, Michael E ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotype; Population genetics; Toxoplasma gondii; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLONE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WILD TYPE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80053213278     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.07.018     Document Type: Article

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