Biological and molecular characterizations of Toxoplasma gondii strains obtained from southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis). Export

@article{citeulike:103072, abstract = {Toxoplasma gondii was isolated from brain or heart tissue from 15 southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) in cell cultures. These strains were used to infect mice that developed antibodies to T. gondii as detected in the modified direct agglutination test and had T. gondii tissue cysts in their brains at necropsy. Mouse brains containing tissue cysts from 4 of the strains were fed to 4 cats. Two of the cats excreted T. gondii oocysts in their feces that were infectious for mice. Molecular analyses of 13 strains indicated that they were all type II strains, but that they were genetically distinct from one another.}, address = {Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA.}, author = {Cole, R. A. and Lindsay, D. S. and Howe, D. K. and Roderick, C. L. and Dubey, J. P. and Thomas, N. J. and Baeten, L. A.}, citeulike-article-id = {103072}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10864250}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=10864250}, issn = {0022-3395}, journal = {J Parasitol}, keywords = {enhydra, epidemiology, gondii, lutris, molecular, phylogeny, toxoplasma}, month = {June}, number = {3}, pages = {526--530}, posted-at = {2005-02-24 17:29:35}, priority = {4}, title = {Biological and molecular characterizations of Toxoplasma gondii strains obtained from southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis).}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10864250}, volume = {86}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:103072 L3 - citeulike-article-id:103072 N2 - Toxoplasma gondii was isolated from brain or heart tissue from 15 southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) in cell cultures. These strains were used to infect mice that developed antibodies to T. gondii as detected in the modified direct agglutination test and had T. gondii tissue cysts in their brains at necropsy. Mouse brains containing tissue cysts from 4 of the strains were fed to 4 cats. Two of the cats excreted T. gondii oocysts in their feces that were infectious for mice. Molecular analyses of 13 strains indicated that they were all type II strains, but that they were genetically distinct from one another. IS - 3 JF - J Parasitol SN - 0022-3395 AD - Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA. EP - 530 TI - Biological and molecular characterizations of Toxoplasma gondii strains obtained from southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis). VL - 86 SP - 526 KW - enhydra KW - epidemiology KW - gondii KW - lutris KW - molecular KW - phylogeny KW - toxoplasma AU - Cole, RA AU - Lindsay, DS AU - Howe, DK AU - Roderick, CL AU - Dubey, JP AU - Thomas, NJ AU - Baeten, LA PY - 2000/06// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10864250 ER -