Genetic characterization of viable Toxoplasma gondii isolates from stray dogs from Giza, Egypt

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 193, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 25-29

  El Behairy, A M ^a   Choudhary, S ^b   Ferreira, L R ^b   Kwok, O C H ^b   Hilali, M ^a   Su, C ^c   Dubey, J P ^b  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dog (Canis familiaris); Egypt; Genotype; Prevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; PROTOZOAL DNA;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DNA ISOLATION; DOG; EGYPT; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE VIABILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EGYPT; GENOTYPE; MICE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84873746835     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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