Table 2. Distribution of 48 Toxoplasma gondii isolates according to allele type at the CS3 locus.
Allele type at the CS3 locusa | Number of isolates (%) | T. gondii Isolates |
I | 24 (50%) | D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, CH4, CH5, CH7, |
CH9, CH10, CH11, SAF, EGS, RAR, | ||
TgCTBr04, TgCTBr08, TgCTBr09, | ||
TgCTBr11, TgCTBr14, TgCTBr15, | ||
TgCTBr17, TgCTBr23, TgCTBr26 | ||
and TgCTBr27 | ||
II | 13 (27%) | CH2, CH3, CH8, EFP, TgCTBr01, |
TgCTBr02, TgCTBr03, TgCTBr07, | ||
TgCTBr12, TgCTBr13, TgCTBr18, | ||
TgCTBr22 and TgCTBr25 | ||
III | 9 (19%) | D1, D7, D8, CH1, CH6, CH12, |
TgCTBr05, TgCTBr10 and TgCTBr16 | ||
u-1 | 1 (2%) | TgCTBr24 |
u-2 | 1 (2%) | TgCTBr21 |
Total | 48 (100%) |
Allele type identified by PCR-RFLP at the CS3 locus in this study.