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Isolation and Genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii in Brazilian Dogs.
The Korean journal of parasitology - 1 Jun 2017
da Silva Jamille Rodrigues, Maciel Bianca Mendes, de Santana Souza Santos Luana Karla Nogueira, Carvalho Fábio Santos, de Santana Rocha Daniele, Lopes Carlos Wilson Gomes, Albuquerque George Rêgo
Abstract excerpt
Strains of Toxoplasma gondii in Brazil are highly genetically diverse compared to strains from North America and Europe. Dogs are epidemiologically important because they act as sentinels for T. gondii infections in humans and are good indicators of environmental contamination. The aim of this study was to isolate and genetically characterize T. gondii strains from tissues of naturally infected Brazilian dogs....
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