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Evidence of the three main clonal Toxoplasma gondii lineages from wild mammalian carnivores in the UK.
Parasitology - 1 Dec 2013
Burrells A, Bartley P M, Zimmer I A, Roy S, Kitchener A C, Meredith A, Wright S E, Innes E A, Katzer F
Abstract excerpt
Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic pathogen defined by three main clonal lineages (types I, II, III), of which type II is most common in Europe. Very few data exist on the prevalence and genotypes of T. gondii in the UK. Wildlife can act as sentinel species for T. gondii genotypes present in the environment, which may subsequently be transmitted to livestock and humans. DNA was extracted from tissue samples of wild...
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