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Diverse and atypical genotypes identified in Toxoplasma gondii from dogs in São Paulo, Brazil.
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Feb 2007
Dubey J P, Gennari S M, Sundar N, Vianna M C B, Bandini L M, Yai L E O, Kwok C H, Suf C
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in 118 unwanted dogs from São Paulo City, São Paulo State, Brazil, was determined. Antibodies to T. gondii were assayed by the modified agglutination test and found in 42 (35.8%) dogs, with titers of 1:20 in 10, 1:40 in 6, 1:80 in 5, 1:160 in 5, 1:320 in 6, 1:640 in 7, and 1:1,280 or higher in 3. Hearts and brains of 36 seropositive dogs were bioassayed in mice, or cats, or...
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