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Genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii: The advantages of variable number tandem repeats within coding regions.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2018
Moretta Rosalia, Sanchez Vanesa Roxana, Fenoy Ignacio Martín, Goldman Alejandra, Ruybal Paula, Martin Valentina
Abstract excerpt
Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular protozoan which is widely distributed. Infection occurs as a result of ingestion of uncooked meat and exposure to cat feces. Immunocompetent individuals are generally asymptomatic, while severe disease may occur in immunocompromised subjects and in congenital toxoplasmosis, which is caused by transplacental acquisition of T. gondii. Genetic diversity of T. gondii has often...
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