Isolation and biological and molecular characterization of Toxoplasma gondii from canine cutaneous toxoplasmosis in Brazil.

Hilda F J Pena , Ludmila R Moroz , Rita K B Sozigan , Daniel Ajzenberg (1, 2, 3) , Fernando R Carvalho (4) , Caroline M Mota (4) , Tiago W P Mineo (4) , Arlei Marcili

1 NET - Neuroépidémiologie Tropicale
2 UNILIM - Université de Limoges
3 CNR Toxoplasmose-Toxoplasma BRC - Centre National de Référence (CNR) Toxoplasmose/Toxoplasma Biological Resource Center (BRC)
4 INPA - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia = National Institute of Amazonian Research

Cutaneous toxoplasmosis is a rare manifestation. This study represents a case report of an immunosuppressed dog that developed nodular dermal lesions caused by Toxoplasma gondii. The isolate (TgDgBr20) was characterized as mouse virulent and was genotyped as type BrI (ToxoDB genotype 6) using PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and as Africa 1 through microsatellite analysis.

Domaines: Santé publique et épidémiologie

Hilda F J Pena, Ludmila R Moroz, Rita K B Sozigan, Daniel Ajzenberg, Fernando R Carvalho, et al.. Isolation and biological and molecular characterization of Toxoplasma gondii from canine cutaneous toxoplasmosis in Brazil.. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2014, 52 (12), pp.4419-20. ⟨hal-01205236⟩