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First genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii infection in Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) in China.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2016
Zhang Xiao-Xuan, Cong Wei, Ma Jian-Gang, Lou Zhi-Long, Zhao Quan, Meng Qing-Feng, Qian Ai-Dong, Zhu Xing-Quan
Abstract excerpt
Toxoplasma gondii can infect virtually all warm-blooded animals including foxes. However, little is known of the molecular epidemiology and genotypes of T. gondii infecting foxes in China. Therefore, the present study characterized T. gondii genotypes in foxes in China for the first time. During November 2014 to October 2015, brain tissue samples collected from 264 Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) in Jilin,...
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