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Genotypes and mouse virulence of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from animals and humans in China.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Wang Lin, Chen He, Liu Daohua, Huo Xingxing, Gao Jiangmei, Song Xiaorong, Xu Xiucai, Huang Kaiquan, Liu Wenqi, Wang Yong, Lu Fangli, Lun Zhao-Rong, Luo Qingli, Wang Xuelong, Shen Jilong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recent population structure studies of T. gondii revealed that a few major clonal lineages predominated in different geographical regions. T. gondii in South America is genetically and biologically divergent, whereas this parasite is remarkably clonal in North America and Europe with a few major lineages including Types I, II and III. Information on genotypes and mouse virulence of T. gondii isolates...
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