PCR-RFLP genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii from chickens from Espírito Santo state, Southeast region, Brazil: New genotypes and a new SAG3 marker allele

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 192, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 111-117

  Pena, H F J ^a   Vitaliano, S N ^a   Beltrame, M A V ^b   Pereira, F E L ^c   Gennari, S M ^a   Soares, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE VILA VELHA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Chickens; Diversity; Genotypes; PCR RFLP; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY DISEASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VETERINARY;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

GENETIC MARKER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SAG3 PROTEIN, TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; CHICKENS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POULTRY DISEASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84871679713     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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