title: Prevalence and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii in bats in Myanmar.
abstract: We detected Toxoplasma gondii in 29.3% (95% confidence interval [CI], 25.5% to 33.1%) of 550 insectivorous bats collected in Myanmar. The genotyping of these positive samples revealed they were closely related to or belong to clonal type I, which is highly virulent in mice, showing that these bats are potential reservoirs for T. gondii transmission.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Military Veterinary, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun, China.
authors.forename: Hongchao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Yiyin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yingguang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Fuqiang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Biao
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Zuosheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Quanshui
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Changchun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: Jiping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Quan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000469:parasitology*; D005838:Genotype; D002052:Myanmar / Q000453:epidemiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D015995:Prevalence; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000235:genetics*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers
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