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Virulent strains of Toxoplasma gondii comprise a single clonal lineage.
Nature - 3 Sept 1992
Sibley L D, Boothroyd J C
Abstract excerpt
The protozoan Toxoplasma gondii is a prevalent parasite in wild and domestic animals worldwide, being transmitted through the food chain by carnivorous feeding and scavenging. Toxoplasma normally divides asexually to yield a haploid form that can infect virtually any vertebrate but it also has a well defined sexual cycle that occurs exclusively in cats. Toxoplasma has become important as an often fatal...
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