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Seroprevalence and genotype of Toxoplasma gondii in pigs, dogs and cats from Guizhou province, Southwest China.
Parasites & vectors - 10 Apr 2015
Li Yong-Nian, Nie XinWen, Peng Qun-Yi, Mu Xiao-Qiong, Zhang Ming, Tian Meng-Yuan, Min Shao-ju
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BACKGROUND: Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate, intracellular protozoan that infects almost all warm-blooded animals, including humans, domesticated and wild animals. Recent studies of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from animals in different regions of China have shown a limited genetic diversity with the dominance of the ToxoDB PCR-RFLP genotype #9 named as "Chinese 1". However, there is not much published information...
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