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Genotyping and virulence analysis of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from a dead human fetus and dead pigs in Jiangsu province, Eastern China.
Acta parasitologica - 26 Jun 2018
Hou Zhaofeng, Zhou Yonghua, Liu Dandan, Su Shijie, Zhao Zhenxing, Xu Jinjun, Tao Jianping
Abstract excerpt
Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite with worldwide distribution. Virulence of T. gondii is a multigenic trait. Genetic and virulence data for T. gondii isolates from humans and animals in China have been reported. However, almost all biological materials used for genotyping of T. gondii from humans and pigs were DNA samples prepared from tissues, and T. gondii strains used for virulence...
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