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Genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii strains isolated from humans living in İzmir, Türkiye.
Indian journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Karakavuk Muhammet, Can Hüseyin, Çeltik Aygül, Karakavuk Tuğba, Gül Ceren, Erdem Hüseyin Aytaç, Pullukçu Hüsnü, Taşbakan Meltem, Taşbakan Mehmet Sezai, Gürüz Adnan Yüksel, Döşkaya Mert, Değirmenci Döşkaya Aysu
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PURPOSE: Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular zoonotic parasite that can infect all warm-blooded animals, including humans. Currently, clinical findings of toxoplasmosis are being related to T. gondii strains such as Type I genotype may cause high pathogenicity and Type II genotype causes a milder clinical presentation. We have showed in our previous that Type II genotype is the most frequent strain...
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