The first detection of Toxoplasma gondii DNA in environmental fruits and vegetables samples

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1101-1108

  Lass, A ^a   Pietkiewicz, H ^a   Szostakowska, B ^a   Myjak, P ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; B1 GENE; CARROT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FLOCCULATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LETTUCE; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RADISH; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAG2 GENE; STRAWBERRY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; CLASSIFICATION; FRUIT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; POLAND; TOXOPLASMA; VEGETABLE;

DNA, PROTOZOAN; FRUIT; GENOTYPE; POLAND; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84863831229     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1414-8     Document Type: Article

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