Tablel.

Details of Toxoplasma gondii strains used in this study

T. gondii strain	Genotype	Host	Country	Year isolated	References
VEG	III	Human	USA	1989	Parmley et al. (1994) Dubey et al. (1996)
TgGoatUS4	III	Goat	USA	2009	Dubey et al. (2011b)
ME 49	II	Sheep	USA	1958	Lunde and Jacobs (1983)
TgNmBr1	II	Guinea fowl	Brazil	2003	Dubey et al. (2011a)
TgGoatUS2	II	Goat	USA	2009	Dubey et al. (2011b)
GT- 1	I	Goat	USA	1978	Dubey (1980)
CT1	I	Cattle	USA	1989	Dubey (1992)
TgBbUS1	Atypical	Bear	USA	2009	Dubey et al. (2010)
TgCatBr2	BrI, atypical	Cat	Brazil	2003	Dubey et al. (2004)
TgCatBr1	BrII, atypical	Cat	Brazil	2003	Dubey et al. (2004)
TgCatBr3	BrIII, atypical	Cat	Brazil	2003	Dubey et al. (2004)
TgCatBr5	Atypical	Cat	Brazil	2003	Dubey et al. (2004)
TgGoatUS4	Atypical	Goat	USA	2009	Dubey et al. (2011b)
TgGoatUS6	Atypical	Goat	USA	2009	Dubey et al. (2011b)
TgGoatUS26	Atypical	Goat	USA	2010	Dubey et al. (2011b)
TgPigBr3	Atypical	Pig	Brazil	2008	Frazão-Teixeira et al. (2011)
TgCkBr233	Atypical	Chicken	Brazil	2009	Dubey et al. (2010)
TgCtPRC2	Atypical	Cat	China	2006	Dubey et al. (2007)
TgCtPRC3	Atypical	Cat	China	2006	Dubey et al. (2007)
TgCtPRC6	Atypical	Cat	China	2006	Dubey et al. (2007)
TgGoatUS13	Atypical	Goat	USA	2009	Dubey et al. (2011b)
TgPigUs15 (P89)	Atypical	Pig	USA	1991	Dubey et al. (1995) ;Velmurugan et al. (2009)