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PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH
卷 119, 期 1, 页码 351-356出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-019-06522-4
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Mouse bioassay; Isolation; Genotyping; Virulence genes
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- Fundacao de Amparo a Ciencia e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco (FACEPE) [APQ-0531-5.05/14]
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), Brazil [206740/2017-4]
- FACEPE [IBPG-1358-5.05./15]
Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic parasite which can infect almost all warm-blooded animals. Toxoplasma gondii isolates from Brazil have greater genetic diversity with a predominance of virulent and atypical genotypes, compared with the Northern Hemisphere. Considering that previous studies have demonstrated a high seroprevalence of T. gondii antibodies in animals from Fernando de Noronha Island, the aim of this study was to isolate, genetically characterize, and determine mouse virulence of isolates of T. gondii from livestock from this Brazilian island. Two T. gondii isolates were obtained by mouse bioassay from brain from one sheep and one pig. Genotyping was performed by PCR-RFLP using 10 genetic markers (SAG1, SAG2, SAG3, BTUB, GRA6, c22- 8, c29-2, PK1, L358, and Apico) and an atypical genotype of T. gondii (ToxoDB #146) was identified for both isolates. Genotyping of four ROP loci indicated different alleles for ROP16 and mouse virulence analysis revealed different profiles (intermediate and low virulence). This is the first report of this genotype being described in a pig and a sheep.
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