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Toxoplasma gondii B1 Gene Detection in Feces of Stray Cats around Seoul, Korea and Genotype Analysis of Two Laboratory-Passaged Isolates.
The Korean journal of parasitology - 1 Jun 2015
Jung Bong-Kwang, Lee Sang-Eun, Lim Hyemi, Cho Jaeeun, Kim Deok-Gyu, Song Hyemi, Kim Min-Jae, Shin Eun-Hee, Chai Jong-Yil
Abstract excerpt
The increasing prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in the human population in the Republic of Korea (= Korea) is due to various reasons such as an increase in meat consumption. However, the importance of cats in transmitting T. gondii infection through oocysts to humans has seldom been assessed. A total of 300 fecal samples of stray cats captured around Seoul from June to August 2013 were examined for T....
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