Article
Genotypic analysis of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from pigs.
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Jun 1998
Mondragon R, Howe D K, Dubey J P, Sibley L D
Abstract excerpt
To determine the prevalence of the 3 primary clonal lineages of Toxoplasma gondii (strain types I, II, and III) in a potential food source of infection for humans, we analyzed 43 isolates of T. gondii that had been collected from pigs at an abattoir in Iowa. Parasites were harvested as in vitro-g...
Topics
- Abattoirs
- Alleles
- Animals
- Antigens, Protozoan
- Antigens, Surface
- Food Parasitology
- Genotype
- Humans
- Iowa
- Mice
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Protozoan Proteins
- Swine
- Swine Diseases
- Toxoplasma
- Toxoplasmosis, Animal