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Toxoplasma gondii isolated from a Brazilian patient with rare pulmonary toxoplasmosis has a novel genotype and is closely related to Amazonian isolates.
Parasitology research - 1 Mar 2021
Pena Hilda Fátima Jesus, Ferreira Marina Neves, Gennari Solange Maria, de Andrade Heitor Franco, Meireles Luciana Regina, Galisteo Andrés Jimenez
Abstract excerpt
Pulmonary toxoplasmosis is rare in immunocompetent patients. Herein, a Toxoplasma gondii strain isolated in Brazil from an immunocompetent patient who had severe pulmonary involvement was biologically and molecularly characterized for the first time. The TgHumIMTBr1 isolate was bioassayed in mice showing a virulent phenotype. Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) genotyping using 11 markers [SAG1, SAG2...
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