A unique Toxoplasma gondii haplotype accompanied the global expansion of cats

Toxoplasma gondii can infect all warm-blooded animals, with felidae being the definitive hosts. Despite this broad host range, most clinical and animal isolates belong to few clonal lineages. Here, Galal et al. perform whole-genome sequencing of isolates from distinct geographical regions and estima...

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Main Authors: Lokman Galal, Frédéric Ariey, Meriadeg Ar Gouilh, Marie-Laure Dardé, Azra Hamidović, Franck Letourneur, Franck Prugnolle, Aurélien Mercier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33556-7