Using Molecular Epidemiology to Track Toxoplasma gondii from Terrestrial Carnivores to Marine Hosts: Implications for Public Health and Conservation

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  VanWormer, Elizabeth ^a   Miller, Melissa A ^a,b   Conrad, Patricia A ^a,c   Grigg, Michael E ^d   Rejmanek, Daniel ^a,c   Carpenter, Tim E ^e   Mazet, Jonna A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; CARNIVORA; CAT; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; OTTER; PARASITOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CARNIVORA; CATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; OTTERS; RISK FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84901781052     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002852     Document Type: Article

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