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Atypical Toxoplasma gondii genotype from a sheep and a pig on Fernando de Noronha Island, Brazil, showed different mouse virulence profiles.
Parasitology research - 1 Jan 2020
Melo Renata Pimentel B, Almeida Jonatas C, de Lima Débora C V, Carvalho Jéssica C S, Porto Wagnner J N, Magalhães Fernando J R, Hamilton Clare M, Katzer Frank, Mota Rinaldo A
Abstract excerpt
Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic parasite which can infect almost all warm-blooded animals. Toxoplasma gondii isolates from Brazil have greater genetic diversity with a predominance of virulent and atypical genotypes, compared with the Northern Hemisphere. Considering that previous studies have demonstrated a high seroprevalence of T. gondii antibodies in animals from Fernando de Noronha Island, the aim of this...
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