Prevalence and genotypes of Toxoplasma gondii in pork from retail meat stores in Eastern China

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 393-397

  Wang, Hua ^a   Wang, Teng ^a   Luo, Qingli ^a   Huo, Xingxing ^a   Wang, Lin ^a   Liu, Tingting ^a   Xu, Xiucai ^a   Wang, Yong ^b   Lu, Fangli ^c,d   Lun, Zhaorong ^c   Yu, Li ^a   Shen, Jilong ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ELISA; Genotypes; Pork; Real time PCR; RFLP; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHINA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; MEAT INDUSTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PORK; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TISSUE WATER; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHINA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; MEAT; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84863866908     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2012.06.011     Document Type: Article

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