Isolation and molecular characterization of Toxoplasma gondii from placental tissues of pregnant women who received toxoplasmosis treatment during an outbreak in southern Brazil.

Isolation and molecular characterization of Toxoplasma gondii from placental tissues of pregnant women who received toxoplasmosis treatment during an outbreak in southern Brazil.

Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan that has great genetic diversity and is prevalent worldwide. In 2018, an outbreak of toxoplasmosis occurred in Santa Maria, Brazil, which was considered the largest outbreak ever described in the world. This paper describes the isolation and molecular characterizatio...

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Main Authors: Camila E Minuzzi, Luiza Pires Portella, Patricia Bräunig, Luis Antonio Sangioni, Aline Ludwig, Luciane Silva Ramos, Liliane Pacheco, Camila Ribeiro Silva, Flávia Caselli Pacheco, Ivone Andreatta Menegolla, Lourdes Bonfleur Farinha, Priscila Pauli Kist, Regina Mitsuka Breganó, Beatriz de Souza Lima Nino, Felippe Danyel Cardoso Martins, Thais Cabral Monica, Fernanda Pinto Ferreira, Isadora Britto, Ariana Signori, Kerlei Cristina Medici, Roberta Lemos Freire, João Luis Garcia, Italmar Teodorico Navarro, Cledison Marcio Difante, Fernanda Silveira Flores Vogel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228442

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228442

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