title: Elevated Toxoplasma gondii Infection Rates for Retinas from Eye Banks, Southern Brazil.
abstract: We found significantly higher incidence of Toxoplasma gondii DNA in eye bank specimens from Joinville in southern Brazil (13/15, 87%) than in São Paulo (3/42, 7%; p = 2.1 × 10E-8). PCR DNA sequence analysis was more sensitive at locus NTS2 than at locus B1; a high frequency of mixed co-infections was detected.
authors.forename: Alessandra G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Commodaro
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chiasson
authors.forename: Natarajan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sundar
authors.forename: Luiz Vicente
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Rizzo
authors.forename: Rubens
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Belfort
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Grigg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002825:Chorioretinitis; D005125:Eye Banks; D056426:Genetic Loci; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D015995:Prevalence; D012160:Retina / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014126:Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology
keywords: Toxoplasma gondii; genotype; ocular toxoplasmosis; parasites; retina; serotype