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Variation detection based on next-generation sequencing of type Chinese 1 strains of Toxoplasma gondii with different virulence from China.
BMC genomics - 30 Oct 2015
Cheng Weisheng, Liu Fang, Li Man, Hu Xiaodong, Chen He, Pappoe Faustina, Luo Qingli, Wen Huiqin, Xing Tian, Xu Yuanhong, Shen Jilong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular protozoan that affects most species of endothermic animals including humans with a great infection rate. The vertical transmission of T. gondii causes abortion, constituting a serious threat to humans and leading to great losses in livestock production. Distinct from population structure of T. gondii in North America and Europe, Chinese 1 (ToxoDB #9) is a dominant...
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