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Toxoplasma gondii: isolation, biological and molecular characterisation of samples from free-range Gallus gallus domesticus from countryside Southeast Brazil.
Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Orgao Oficial do Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria - 1 Jan 2000
Ferreira Tamiris Cristine Ribeiro, Buery Julyana Cerqueira, Moreira Narcisa Imaculada Brant, Santos Claudiney Biral, Costa Júlia Gatti Ladeia, Pinto Lorena Velozo, Baraviera Ramon Castro de Araújo, Vitor Ricardo Wagner Almeida, Fux Blima
Abstract excerpt
Toxoplasma gondii presents a high prevalence worldwide, infecting several animals. Felines are considered the definitive hosts and among the intermediate hosts we highlight mammals and birds. The man can become infected by ingesting tissue cysts present in birds and mammals. Biological and molecular aspects of T. gondii allows a better understanding of the epidemiology of toxoplasmosis. This work is a serologic...
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