Moving towards an integrated approach to molecular detection and identification of Toxoplasma gondii

C Su, EK Shwab, P Zhou, XQ Zhu, JP Dubey - Parasitology, 2010 - cambridge.org
The development of simple, sensitive and rapid methods for the detection and identification
of Toxoplasma gondii is important for the diagnosis and epidemiological studies of the …

Population biology of Toxoplasma gondii and its relevance to human infection: do different strains cause different disease?

JC Boothroyd, ME Grigg - Current opinion in microbiology, 2002 - Elsevier
Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that is globally widespread and causes a
common infection of many warm-blooded animals. It has an unusual population structure …

Genotype of 86 Toxoplasma gondii Isolates Associated with Human Congenital Toxoplasmosis, and Correlation with Clinical Findings

D Ajzenberg, N Cogné, L Paris… - The Journal of …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
To study the influence of Toxoplasma gondii genotypes on the severity of human congenital
toxoplasmosis (asymptomatic, benign, or severe infection or newborn or fetal death), 8 …

Genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii by multilocus PCR-RFLP markers: a high resolution and simple method for identification of parasites

C Su, X Zhang, JP Dubey - International journal for parasitology, 2006 - Elsevier
It was generally believed that Toxoplasma gondii had a clonal population structure with
three predominant lineages, namely types I, II and III. This was largely based on genotyping …

Unusual abundance of atypical strains associated with human ocular toxoplasmosis

ME Grigg, J Ganatra, JC Boothroyd… - The Journal of …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
To facilitate genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii in vitreous fluid of patients with severe or
atypical ocular toxoplasmosis, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) restriction fragment length …

A Unique Dual Activity Amino Acid Hydroxylase in Toxoplasma gondii

EA Gaskell, JE Smith, JW Pinney, DR Westhead… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
The genome of the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii was found to contain two genes
encoding tyrosine hydroxylase; that produces l-DOPA. The encoded enzymes metabolize …

Strain hypothesis of Toxoplasma gondii infection on the outcome of human diseases

J Xiao, RH Yolken - Acta physiologica, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii is an exceptionally successful food and
waterborne parasite that infects approximately 1 billion people worldwide. Genotyping of T …

Recent Expansion of Toxoplasma Through Enhanced Oral Transmission

C Su, D Evans, RH Cole, JC Kissinger, JW Ajioka… - Science, 2003 - science.org
The global predominance of three clonal Toxoplasma gondii lineages suggests that they are
endowed with an exceptional trait responsible for their current parasitism of nearly all warm …

Genetic diversity of Toxoplasma gondii in animals and humans

LD Sibley, A Khan, JW Ajioka… - … Transactions of the …, 2009 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Toxoplasma gondii is one of the most widespread parasites of domestic, wild, and
companion animals, and it also commonly infects humans. Toxoplasma gondii has a …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic divergence of Toxoplasma gondii strains associated with ocular toxoplasmosis, Brazil

A Khan, C Jordan, C Muccioli, AL Vallochi… - Emerging infectious …, 2006 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Previous studies have shown a high prevalence of toxoplasmosis and the frequent
occurrence of ocular disease in Brazil. To identify the genotypes of parasite strains …