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Characterization of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from herds of sheep in southern Brazil reveals the archetypal type II genotype and new non-archetypal genotypes.
Parasitology international - 1 Feb 2018
da Silva Ramos Tatiana, de Jesus Pena Hilda Fátima, Dos Santos Junior Alceu Gonçalves, de Faria Santos Laura Maria Jorge, Cademartori Beatris Gonzales, Oliveira Solange, Gennari Solange Maria, da Silva Ramos Rocha Andréa, da Rosa Farias Nara Amélia
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Recent studies have demonstrated that, in Brazil and South America, strains of Toxoplasma gondii are often genotypically and biologically different from those found in countries on other continents. The objective of this study was to genotypically characterize T. gondii isolates from naturally infected sheep in herds in the southern region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, by means of the polymerase...
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