First report of genotyping of toxoplasma gondii isolates from wild birds in China

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 681-682

  Huang, Si Yang ^a   Cong, Wei ^a   Zhou, Peng ^a   Zhou, Dong Hui ^a   Wu, Song Ming ^a   Xu, Min Jun ^a   Zou, Feng Cai ^a,b   Song, Hui Qun ^a   Zhu, Xing Quan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

DATA SET; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PASSERINE; PROTOZOAN; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHINA; DISEASE CARRIER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PASSER AMMODENDRI; PASSER MONTANUS; PASSER RUTILANS; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPARROW; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CHINA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

CHINA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; PASSER AMMODENDRI; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSER MONTANUS; PASSER RUTILANS; PASSERIDAE; PHASIANIDAE; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84863430542     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3038.1     Document Type: Article

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