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Table 7 Isolation of viable T. gondii from tissues of animals in Colombia

From: An overview of seventy years of research (1944 – 2014) on toxoplasmosis in Colombia, South America

Host

Region

Type

No. bioassayed

Tissues bioassayed

No. positive

Mouse virulencea

T. gondii isolate designation

Reference

Chicken

Quindío

Free range

72

Heart, brain

23

16

TgCkCo1-23

[85, 87]

Cat

Armenia Bogotá

Unwanted

116

Heart, brain

15

9

TgCtCo1-15

[82, 87]

Dog

Bogotá

Unwanted

37

Heart, brain, tongue

20

4

TgDgCo1-20

[81]

  1. a100% mortality in outbred mice.