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In vivo and in vitro models show unexpected degrees of virulence among Toxoplasma gondii type II and III isolates from sheep.
Veterinary research - 10 Jun 2021
Fernández-Escobar Mercedes, Calero-Bernal Rafael, Regidor-Cerrillo Javier, Vallejo Raquel, Benavides Julio, Collantes-Fernández Esther, Ortega-Mora Luis Miguel
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Toxoplasma gondii is an important zoonotic agent with high genetic diversity, complex epidemiology, and variable clinical outcomes in animals and humans. In veterinary medicine, this apicomplexan parasite is considered one of the main infectious agents responsible for reproductive failure in small ruminants worldwide. The aim of this study was to phenotypically characterize 10 Spanish T. gondii isolates recently...
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