Genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from pigs in southwestern China

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1193-1195

  Zhou, Peng ^a   Sun, Xiu Tao ^a   Yin, Chuang Cheng ^a   Yang, Jian Fa ^a   Yuan, Zi Guo ^d   Yan, Hai Kuo ^d   Zhu, Xing Quan ^b,c   Zou, Feng Cai ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b Center for Control and Prevention of Animal Infectious Disease   (China)

^c YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PIG; PROTOZOAN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DNA EXTRACTION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; CHINA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; LIVER; LYMPH NODES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

CHINA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84855407982     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2851.1     Document Type: Article

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