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SUBMITTER: Haghparast-Kenari B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7311813 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr-Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Haghparast-Kenari Beheshteh B Sarvi Shahabeddin S Sharif Mehdi M Ahmadpour Ehsan E Hosseini Seyed Abdollah SA Daryani Ahmad A
Iranian journal of parasitology 20200401 2
<h4>Background</h4>Soil is one of the environmental sources of <i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> oocysts. The other hand, genotype of the parasite is one of the important factors for its pathogenicity. Due to the importance of toxoplasmosis on public health, this study aimed to isolation and genotyping of <i>T. gondii</i> in environmental soil samples of Mazandaran Province, north of Iran.<h4>Methods</h4>Overall, 192 soil samples were collected from different areas in Mazandaran Province from Apr to Sep ...[more]