title: Association of ocular toxoplasmosis with type I Toxoplasma gondii strains: direct genotyping from peripheral blood samples.
abstract: Toxoplasma gondii strains were genotyped directly from blood samples of patients with ocular toxoplasmosis. Analysis of nontranscribed spacer 2 revealed that all detected strains belonged to type I, suggesting an association of ocular toxoplasmosis with this type. The method shows the usefulness of blood samples for genotyping in ocular toxoplasmosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoonotic and Tropical Diseases, Institute of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, ul. Wolska 37, Warsaw, Poland. karolinaswitaj@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Karolina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Switaj
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Master
authors.forename: Piotr Karol
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Borkowski
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skrzypczak
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wojciechowicz
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zaborowski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D014126:Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / Q000469:parasitology*