High prevalence and abundant atypical genotypes of Toxoplasma gondii isolated from lambs destined for human consumption in the USA

Little information is available on the presence of viable Toxoplasma gondii in tissues of lambs worldwide. The prevalence of T. gondii was determined in 383 lambs (

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal for parasitology 2008-07, Vol.38 (8-9), p.999-1006
Hauptverfasser:	Dubey, J.P., Sundar, N., Hill, D., Velmurugan, G.V., Bandini, L.A., Kwok, O.C.H., Majumdar, D., Su, C.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals antibody detection Bioassay Biological and medical sciences Biological Assay Cats clonal lineages Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology genetic markers genetic variation Genotype Heart - parasitology Humans isolation Lambs Life cycle. Host-agent relationship. Pathogenesis Mammalia Meat Products - parasitology Mice Ovis aris PCR–RFLP Protozoa restriction fragment length polymorphism seroprevalence Sheep Sheep Diseases - parasitology Sheep, Domestic - parasitology strain differences Toxoplasma - genetics Toxoplasma - growth & development Toxoplasma - isolation & purification Toxoplasma gondi Toxoplasma gondii toxoplasmosis Toxoplasmosis, Animal - transmission United States USA Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution zoonoses
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Zusammenfassung:	Little information is available on the presence of viable Toxoplasma gondii in tissues of lambs worldwide. The prevalence of T. gondii was determined in 383 lambs (
ISSN:	0020-7519 1879-0135
DOI:	10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.11.012