Genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii isolates in meningo-encephalitis affected striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) from Italy

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 183, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 31-36

  Di Guardo, Giovanni ^a   Di Cesare, Angela ^a   Otranto, Domenico ^b   Casalone, Cristina ^c   Iulini, Barbara ^c   Mignone, Walter ^c   Tittarelli, Cristiana ^c   Meloni, Silvana ^a   Castagna, Giuseppe ^a   Forster, Fiona ^d   Kennedy, Seamus ^d   Traversa, Donato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c LIGURIA E VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

^d AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Italy; Meningo encephalitis; Striped dolphin; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ITALY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROZOITE; STENELLA; STENELLA COERULEOALBA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ITALY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STENELLA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 82755197941     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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