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Genotype of Toxoplasma gondii from blood of stray cats in Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
The Korean journal of parasitology - 1 Dec 2009
Kim Hye-Youn, Kim Yun-Ah, Lee Ho Sa, Rhie Ho Gun, Cho Shin-Hyeong, Yu Jae-Ran, Lee Sang-Eun
Abstract excerpt
Genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii has been performed in 23 PCR positive blood samples from stray cats in Korea. We used 2 separate PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) patterns of SAG2 gene, amplifying the 5' and 3' ends of the locus. The results revealed that all samples belonged to the type I clonal lineage. Although T. gondii organisms were not isolated from the samples, the results of the present...
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