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Genotyping of samples from German patients with ocular, cerebral and systemic toxoplasmosis reveals a predominance of Toxoplasma gondii type II.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM - 1 Oct 2014
Herrmann Daland C, Maksimov Pavlo, Hotop Andrea, Groß Uwe, Däubener Walter, Liesenfeld Oliver, Pleyer Uwe, Conraths Franz J, Schares Gereon
Abstract excerpt
Toxoplasmosis is an important zoonosis transmitted from animals to humans world-wide. In order to determine Toxoplasma gondii genotypes in individuals living in Germany and to compare findings with those in animals, we analysed nine independent and unlinked genetic markers (nSAG2, SAG3, BTUB, GRA6, c22-8, c29-2, L358, PK1 and Apico) by PCR-RFLP in 83 archived T. gondii-positive DNA samples from patients with...
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