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Seroprevalence, isolation and co-infection of multiple Toxoplasma gondii strains in individual bobcats (Lynx rufus) from Mississippi, USA.
International journal for parasitology - 1 Apr 2017
Verma Shiv K, Sweeny Amy R, Lovallo Matthew J, Calero-Bernal Rafael, Kwok Oliver C, Jiang Tiantian, Su Chunlei, Grigg Michael E, Dubey Jitender P
Abstract excerpt
Toxoplasma gondii causes lifelong chronic infection in both feline definitive hosts and intermediate hosts. Multiple exposures to the parasite are likely to occur in nature due to high environmental contamination. Here, we present data of high seroprevalence and multiple T. gondii strain co-infections in individual bobcats (Lynx rufus). Unfrozen samples (blood, heart, tongue and faeces) were collected from 35...
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