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Geographic separation of domestic and wild strains of Toxoplasma gondii in French Guiana correlates with a monomorphic version of chromosome1a.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Sept 2014
Khan Asis, Ajzenberg Daniel, Mercier Aurélien, Demar Magalie, Simon Stéphane, Dardé Marie Laure, Wang Qiuling, Verma Shiv Kumar, Rosenthal Benjamin M, Dubey Jitender P, Sibley L David
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BACKGROUND: Previous studies have stressed the genetic divergence and high pathogenicity of strains of T. gondii from French Guiana. Although strains from coastal, human adapted environments (so called anthropized) resemble those found in other regions of the Caribbean, strains collected from inland jungle environment are genetically quite diverse. To better understand the composition of these distinct strain...
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