Genotyping Toxoplasma gondii from wildlife in Pennsylvania and identification of natural recombinants virulent to mice

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 200, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 74-84

  Dubey, J P ^a   Van Why, K ^b   Verma, S K ^a   Choudhary, S ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Khan, A ^c   Behinke, M S ^c   Sibley, L D ^c   Ferreira, L R ^a   Oliveira, S ^a   Weaver, M ^d   Stewart, R ^d   Su, C ^e  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Isolation; Pennsylvania; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii; USA; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COYOTE; DNA ISOLATION; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GOOSE; GRA15 GENE; HEART; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTRON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIABILITY; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ROP16 GENE; ROP18 GENE; ROP5 GENE; SWISS WEBSTER MOUSE; TACHYZOITE; TONGUE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES; VULPES VULPES; WHITE TAILED DEER; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALIA; ANSER; BRANTA CANADENSIS; CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; CERVIDAE; MUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

GENOTYPING; ISOLATION; PENNSYLVANIA; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; USA; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MICE; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVALENCE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84892880733     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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