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Isolation, genotyping and virulence determination of a Toxoplasma gondii strain from non-human primate from China.
Transboundary and emerging diseases - 1 Mar 2022
Xin Shilin, Jiang Nan, Yang Liulu, Zhu Niuping, Huang Wei, Li Junbao, Zhang Longxian, Su Chunlei, Yang Yurong
Abstract excerpt
Toxoplasma gondii infects almost all warm-blooded animals, including humans and non-human primates. Many cases of T. gondii infection in non-human primates have been reported worldwide. In this study, 15 monkeys were collected from zoos in Henan Province between 2016 and 2019. A modified agglutination test (MAT) (cut-off: 1:8) showed that 46.7% (7/15) of the heart juices had T. gondii IgG antibody transformation....
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