Waterborne Toxoplasmosis, Brazil, from Field to Gene

Waterborne Toxoplasmosis, Brazil, from Field to Gene

Water was the suspected vehicle of Toxoplasma gondii dissemination in a toxoplasmosis outbreak in Brazil. A case-control study and geographic mapping of cases were performed. T. gondii was isolated directly from the implicated water and genotyped as SAG 2 type I.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lenildo de Moura, Lilian Maria Garcia Bahia-Oliveira, Marcelo Y. Wada, Jeffrey L. Jones, Suely H. Tuboi, Eduardo H. Carmo, Walter Massa Ramalho, Natal J. Camargo, Ronaldo Trevisan, Regina M.T. Graça, Alexandre J. da Silva, Iaci Moura, J.P. Dubey, Denise O. Garrett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Toxoplasma gondii
outbreak
water
dispatch
Brazil
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/2/04-1115_article

Internet

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/2/04-1115_article

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