The occurrence of Toxoplasma gondii inside ticks from east Poland
By Linda on Jan 11, 2010 in General News | comments(0)
From the article:
The occurrence of Toxoplasma gondii and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in
Ixodes ricinus ticks from east Poland with the use of pcr.Sroka J, Szymanska J, Wojcik-Fatla A.
Department of Occupational Biohazards, Institute of Agricultural Medicine,
Jaczewskiego 2, 20-090 Lublin, Poland. jack@galen.imw.lublin.pl715 Ixodes ricinus ticks from 4 regions of Lublin macroregion (Piotrowice,
Polesie National Park, Dabrowa and Leczynsko-Wlodawskie Lakeland) were examined
for the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Toxoplasma gondi, using
polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and nested-PCR methods. The clonal type of
samples tested positive for T. gondii was identified by amplification and
fragmenting with restrictions enzymes (RFLP-restriction fragment length
polymorphism). Positive results were confirmed by sequencing.
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PMID: 20047269
