Isolation and genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii from domestic rabbits in China to reveal the prevalence of type III strains

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 193, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 270-276

  Zhou, Yongzhi ^a   Zhang, Houshuang ^a   Cao, Jie ^a   Gong, Haiyan ^a   Zhou, Jinlin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Genotype III; Isolation; Rabbits; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CHINA; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GENOTYPE; INOCULATION; INTRON; MOUSE; MULTIPLEX MULTILOCUS NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PREVALENCE; RABBIT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RURAL AREA; SERODIAGNOSIS; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CHINA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RABBITS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VIRULENCE;

MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84873748679     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.11.031     Document Type: Article

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