Isolation and RFLP genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii from the gray wolf (Canis lupus)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 197, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 685-690

  Dubey, J P ^a   Choudhary, S ^a   Ferreira, L R ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Butler, E ^b   Carstensen, M ^b   Yu, L ^c,d   Su, C ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic types; Gray wolf (Canis lupus); Isolation; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii; USA; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

DNA; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES; WOLF;

CANIDAE; CANIS LUPUS; MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

GENETIC TYPES; GRAY WOLF (CANIS LUPUS); ISOLATION; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; USA; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MINNESOTA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; WOLVES;

EID: 84884982563     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.05.011     Document Type: Article

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