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Prevalence, genotypes and risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii contamination in marine bivalve shellfish in offshore waters in eastern China.
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety - 15 Apr 2021
Cong Wei, Li Man-Yao, Zou Yang, Ma Jun-Yang, Wang Bo, Jiang Zhao-Yang, Elsheikha Hany M
Abstract excerpt
We conducted a large-scale epidemiological investigation to detect the prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in four marine bivalve shellfish species collected from six representative coastal regions of Weihai, eastern China. Between January 2018 and December 2018, 14,535 marine bivalve shellfish pooled into 2907 samples were randomly collected and examined for T. gondii DNA by a nested PCR assay targeting B1 gene. The...
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