Quantification of Toxoplasma gondii in tissue samples of experimentally infected goats by magnetic capture and real-time PCR

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 193, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 95-99

  Juránková, Jana ^a   Opsteegh, Marieke ^b   Neumayerová, Helena ^a   Kovařčík, Kamil ^c   Frencová, Anita ^a   Baláž, Vojtěch ^a   Volf, Jiří ^c   Koudela, Břetislav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Experimentally infected goats; Magnetic capture; Real time PCR; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTHANASIA; GOAT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIVER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAGNETIC CAPTURE; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HEART; LIVER; LUNG; MAGNETICS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84873748864     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.11.016     Document Type: Article

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