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Isolation and Genetic Characterization of Toxoplasma gondii from Black Bears (Ursus americanus), Bobcats (Lynx rufus), and Feral Cats (Felis catus) from Pennsylvania.
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Dubey Jitender P, Verma Shiv K, Calero-Bernal Rafael, Cassinelli Ana B, Kwok Oliver C H, Van Why Kyle, Su Chunlei, Humphreys Jan G
Abstract excerpt
Toxoplasma gondii infects virtually all warm-blooded hosts worldwide. Recently, attention has been focused on the genetic diversity of the parasite to explain its pathogenicity in different hosts. It has been hypothesized that interaction between feral and domestic cycles of T. gondii may increase unusual genotypes in domestic cats and facilitate transmission of potentially more pathogenic genotypes to humans,...
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