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SUBMITTER: Gebremedhin EZ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4161867 | biostudies-other | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Gebremedhin Endrias Zewdu EZ Abdurahaman Mukarim M Tessema Tesfaye Sisay TS Tilahun Getachew G Cox Eric E Goddeeris Bruno B Dorny Pierre P De Craeye Stephane S Dardé Marie-Laure ML Ajzenberg Daniel D
Parasites & vectors 20140904
<h4>Background</h4>Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite that infects humans and a broad spectrum of warm-blooded vertebrates. The present study was undertaken with the objectives of isolation and determining the genotypes of T. gondii strains from sheep and goats slaughtered in East and West Shewa Zones of Oromia Regional State, Central Ethiopia.<h4>Methods</h4>Hearts of 47 sheep and 44 goats that were seropositive in the Direct Agglutination Test (DAT) were bioassay ...[more]