Genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii revealed highly diverse genotypes for isolates from newborns with congenital toxoplasmosis in Southeastern Brazil

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 901-907

  Carneiro, Ana Carolina Aguiar Vasconcelos ^a   Andrade, Gláucia Manzan ^b   Costa, Júlia Gatti Ladeia ^a   Pinheiro, Breno Veloso ^a   Vasconcelos Santos, Daniel Vitor ^d   Ferreira, Adriana Melo ^a   Su, Chunlei ^e   Jose Nelio Januario ^c   Vitor, Ricardo Wagner Almeida ^a  

^a Departamento de Parasitologia   (United States)

^b Departamento de Pediatria   (United States)

^c Núcleo de Ações e Pesquisa em Apoio Diagnóstico   (United States)

^d Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e   (United States)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5' PLUS 3' SAG2 GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APICO GENE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BTUB GENE; C22-8 GENE; C29-2 GENE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GRA6 GENE; HUMAN; L358 GENE; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PK1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SAG1 GENE; SAG2 GENE; SAG3 GENE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84874072662     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02502-12     Document Type: Article

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