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Genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from pigs in southwestern China.
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Dec 2011
Zhou Peng, Sun Xiu-Tao, Yin Chuang-Cheng, Yang Jian-Fa, Yuan Zi-Guo, Yan Hai-Kuo, Zhu Xing-Quan, Zou Feng-Cai
Abstract excerpt
The genetic diversity of Toxoplasma gondii varies in different geographical regions. Isolates of T. gondii in South America, for example, are genetically and biologically divergent from those in North America and Europe, where the population structure is highly clonal and composed mainly of 3 distinct lineages, i.e., Types I, II, and III. However, little is known of the T. gondii genotypes in the People's...
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