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Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in HIV-infected patients and food animals and direct genotyping of T. gondii isolates, Southern Ghana.
Parasitology research - 1 Jun 2017
Pappoe Faustina, Cheng Weisheng, Wang Lin, Li Yuanling, Obiri-Yeboah Dorcas, Nuvor Samuel Victor, Ambachew Henock, Hu Xiaodong, Luo Qingli, Chu Deyong, Xu Yuanhong, Shen Jilong
Abstract excerpt
Toxoplasma gondii is of public health and veterinary importance causing severe diseases in immunocompromised individuals including HIV/AIDS patients and in congenital cases and animals. There is limited information on the epidemiology of T. gondii infection in humans, particularly HIV patients and food animals and the parasite genotypes in Ghana. A total of 394 HIV-infected patients from three hospitals were...
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