Occurrence, isolation, and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii from white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in New Jersey

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 763-769

  Dubey, J P ^a   Randall, A R ^b   Choudhary, S ^a   Ferreira, L R ^a   Verma, S K ^a   Oliveira, S ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Su, C ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BIOASSAY; DEER; DNA; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HUNTING; INFECTIVITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART MUSCLE; INGESTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES; WHITE TAILED DEER;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CATS; DEER; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HEART; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEW JERSEY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VIRULENCE;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885448835     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/13-209.1     Document Type: Article

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