Phylogeny and virulence divergency analyses of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from China

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Li, Min ^a,b   Mo, Xu Wei ^a   Wang, Lin ^c   Chen, He ^a   Luo, Qing Li ^a   Wen, Hui Qin ^a   Wei, Wei ^a   Zhang, Ai Mei ^a   Du, Jian ^a   Lu, Fang Li ^d   Lun, Zhao Rong ^e   Shen, Ji Long ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Center of Medical Genetics of Anhui Province   (China)

^c ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Microsatellite genotyping; Phylogenetic network; Toxoplasma gondii; Virulence analysis

Indexed keywords

GRANULE PROTEIN 3; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INVASION ASSAY; CHINA; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INOCULATION; MICROSATELLITE GENOTYPING; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN FIBROBLAST; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; CAT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CATS; CHINA; GENETIC VARIATION; MICE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84902149417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-133     Document Type: Article

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