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Microsatellite analysis of Toxoplasma gondii shows considerable polymorphism structured into two main clonal groups

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Evolutionary genetic analyses of diversity show that the T. gondii population structure consists of only two clonal lineages that can be equated to discrete typing units, but there is some evidence of occasional genetic exchange that could explain why one of these discrete typed units is less clearly individualised than the other.
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This article is published in International Journal for Parasitology.The article was published on 2002-01-01. It has received 277 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Restriction fragment length polymorphism & Microsatellite.

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Epidemiology of and Diagnostic Strategies for Toxoplasmosis

TL;DR: This review focuses on epidemiological and diagnostic aspects, putting them in perspective with current knowledge of parasite genotypes, and provides critical information on diagnostic methods according to the patient's background.
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Moving towards an integrated approach to molecular detection and identification of Toxoplasma gondii.

TL;DR: This review discusses some widely used molecular methods and proposes an integrated approach for the detection and identification of T. gondii, in order to generate maximum information for epidemiological, population and phylogenetic studies of this key pathogen.
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Genotype of 86 Toxoplasma gondii Isolates Associated with Human Congenital Toxoplasmosis, and Correlation with Clinical Findings

TL;DR: To study the influence of Toxoplasma gondii genotypes on the severity of human congenital toxoplasmosis (asymptomatic, benign, or severe infection or newborn or fetal death), 8 microsatellite markers were used and type II isolates were largely predominant.
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Globalization and the population structure of Toxoplasma gondii

TL;DR: The evidence suggests that South American and Eurasian populations have evolved separately until recently, when ships populated by rats, mice, and cats provided T. gondii with unprecedented migration opportunities, probably during the transatlantic slave trade.
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Genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii by multilocus PCR-RFLP markers: A high resolution and simple method for identification of parasites

TL;DR: Nine PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism markers with each of them capable of distinguishing the three archetypal T. gondii alleles in one restriction-enzyme reaction by agarose gel electrophoresis are developed and showed that they could readily distinguish the archetyPal from atypical types and reveal the genetic diversity of the parasites.
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