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The Detection of Toxoplasma gondii in Wild Rats (Rattus norvegicus) on Mink Farms in Shandong Province, Eastern China.
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Mar 2022
Zou Yang, Geng Hong-Li, Jia Hong-Lin, Zhao Quan, Qin Si-Yuan, Zhu Xing-Quan, Zhang Xiao-Xuan
Abstract excerpt
Toxoplasma gondii is a worldwide distributed zoonotic pathogen that threatens public health. However, there have been limited data for T. gondii infection in wild rats (Rattus norvegicus) in China. In the present study, a total of 227 wild rats were captured from three mink farms to investigate T. gondii infection in Shandong Province, eastern China. The DNA was extracted from 25 mg rats' brain tissues and...
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