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First isolation and genetic characterization of a Toxoplasma gondii strain from a symptomatic human case of congenital toxoplasmosis in Romania.
Parasite (Paris, France) - 1 Jan 2013
Costache Carmen Anca, Colosi Horaţiu Alexandru, Blaga Ligia, Györke Adriana, Paştiu Anamaria Ioana, Colosi Ioana Alina, Ajzenberg Daniel
Abstract excerpt
Very limited data exists on the genetic diversity of Toxoplasma gondii from Eastern Europe. We present the first Romanian case of symptomatic congenital toxoplasmosis in which the T. gondii strain was isolated after inoculation in mice of a cerebrospinal fluid sample from a living neonate. The T. gondii strain was genotyped with 15 microsatellite markers distributed on 10 of the 14 chromosomes of T. gondii. The...
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