Spread and genotype of Toxoplasma gondii in naturally infected alpine chamois (Rupicapra r. rupicapra)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2115-2120

  Formenti, Nicoletta ^a   Gaffuri, Alessandra ^b   Trogu, Tiziana ^a   Viganò, Roberto ^c   Ferrari, Nicola ^a   Lanfranchi, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^c Studio Associato AlpVet   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genotypes; PCR RFLP; Toxoplasmosis; Wild ungulates; Zoonotic risk

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN TISSUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RUPICAPRA; SAG2 GENE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNGULATE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; WILD ANIMAL;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BRAIN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; ITALY; MALE; OOCYSTS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; RUPICAPRA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84960079382     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-016-4981-x     Document Type: Article

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