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Toxoplasma genotyping in congenital toxoplasmosis in Upper Egypt: evidence of type I strain.
Parasitology research - 1 Sept 2017
Eldeek Hanan E M, Ahmad Alzahraa Abdel Raouf, El-Mokhtar Mohamed Ahmed, Abdel Kader Abdel Rahman M M, Mandour Ahmad M, Mounib Mahmoud Elhady M
Abstract excerpt
Toxoplasma gondii has subpopulation structures in different geographical regions caused by less frequent sexual recombination, population sweeps, and biogeography. The majority of strains isolated in North America and Europe fall into one of three clonal lineages, referred to as types I, II, and III. So far, little is known about genetics of Toxoplasma strains in Africa. The present study aimed to determine the...
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