Genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii in wildlife from Alabama, USA

Parasitology Research

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1333-1336

  Yu, Li ^a   Shen, Jilong ^a   Su, Chunlei ^b   Sundermann, Christine A ^c  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; EAGLE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; HAWK; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYNX RUFUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UNITED STATES; WHITE TAILED DEER; WILD ANIMAL; WILDLIFE;

ALABAMA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EAGLES; FALCONIFORMES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; LYNX; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; BUTEO LINEATUS; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; LYNX RUFUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84878388066     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-3187-0     Document Type: Article

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