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Isolation and RFLP genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii from the mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) in Grenada, West Indies.
Choudhary, Shanti; Zieger, Ulrike; Sharma, Ravindra N; Chikweto, Alfred; Tiwari, Keshaw P; Ferreira, Leandra R; Oliveira, Solange; Barkley, Lovell J; Verma, Shiv Kumar; Kwok, Oliver C H; Su, Chunlei; Dubey, J P.
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  • Choudhary S; United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, Building 1001, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
  • Zieger U; Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology, Pathobiology Academic Programs School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies.
  • Sharma RN; Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology, Pathobiology Academic Programs School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies.
  • Chikweto A; Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology, Pathobiology Academic Programs School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies.
  • Tiwari KP; Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology, Pathobiology Academic Programs School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies.
  • Ferreira LR; United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, Building 1001, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
  • Oliveira S; United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, Building 1001, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
  • Barkley LJ; United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, Building 1001, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
  • Verma SK; United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, Building 1001, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
  • Su C; Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
  • Dubey JP; United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, Building 1001, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
J Zoo Wildl Med ; 44(4): 1127-30, 2013 Dec.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24450085
Little is known of the genetic diversity and epidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection in wildlife in Caribbean Islands. The prevalence and genetic diversity of T. gondii in mongooses (Herpestes auropunctatus) was investigated. During 2011 and 2012, 91 mongooses were trapped in different parts of Grenada, bled, euthanized, and examined at necropsy. Antibodies to T. gondii were found in 27 mongooses tested by the modified agglutination test (cut-off titer 25). Muscles (heart, tongue, neck) of 25 of the seropositive mongooses were bioassayed for T. gondii infection in mice. Viable T. gondii was isolated by bioassay in mice from four mongooses with MAT titers of 1:50 in two, 1:200 for one, and 1:400 for one mongoose. The four T. gondii isolates were further propagated in cell culture. Strain typing of T. gondii DNA extracted from cell-cultured tachyzoites using the 10 PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) markers SAG1, SAG2, SAG3, BTUB, GRA6, c22-8, c29-2, L358, PK1, and Apico revealed one isolate belongs to the Type III (ToxoDB #2) lineage, two to ToxoDB#7 lineage, and one to the ToxoDB #216 lineage. This is the first report of T. gondii isolation and genotyping in H. auropunctatus worldwide.
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Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Toxoplasma / Toxoplasmosis Animal / Herpestidae Tipo de estudio: Risk_factors_studies Límite: Animals País/Región como asunto: Caribe / Caribe ingles / Grenada Idioma: En Revista: J Zoo Wildl Med Asunto de la revista: MEDICINA VETERINARIA Año: 2013 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos
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Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Toxoplasma / Toxoplasmosis Animal / Herpestidae Tipo de estudio: Risk_factors_studies Límite: Animals País/Región como asunto: Caribe / Caribe ingles / Grenada Idioma: En Revista: J Zoo Wildl Med Asunto de la revista: MEDICINA VETERINARIA Año: 2013 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos