Recent aspects on epidemiology, clinical disease, and genetic diversity of Toxoplasma gondii infections in Australasian marsupials

Table 2 Isolation and genetic characterization^a of viable T. gondii from tissues of marsupials with clinical toxoplasmosis

Host	Country	Location	Tissues^b	Isolate designation	TOXODB genotype	References
Bennett’s wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)	Argentina	La Plata	B, D	TgWb1Arg	#14	[16]
Bennett’s wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)	USA	Pennsylvania	B	TgWyUs2	#2 (Type III)	[17, 18]
Bennett’s wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)	USA	Pennsylvania	B	TgWyUs3	#2 (Type III)	[17, 18]
Eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)	Argentina	La Plata	B, D	TgKg2Arg	Likely #285	[9, 16]
Eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)	China	Henan	D, H, Sk, T	TgRooCHn1	#292	[10]
Red kangaroo (Macropus rufus)	Argentina	La Plata	B, D	TgKg1Arg	#2 (Type III)	[9, 16]
Red kangaroo (Macropus rufus)	USA	Florida	H, Lu	TgKgrFL1 from case 1	#263	[5]
Red kangaroo (Macropus rufus)	USA	Florida	H, Lu	TgKgrFL2 from case 6	#2 (Type III)	[5]
Red kangaroo (Macropus rufus)	USA	Florida	H, Lu	TgKgrFL3 from case 8	#216	[5]
Tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)	USA	Pennsylvania	B, H, Lu, Sk	TgWyUs1	#2 (Type III)	[17, 18]
Tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)	USA	Washington, DC	B, H, Li, Ln, Lu pooled	TgWyUs4	#186	[18]

^aTen PCR-RFLP markers (restriction fragment length polymorphism)
^bB brain, D diaphragm, H heart, Li liver, Ln lymph node, Lu lung, Sk skeletal muscle, T tongue

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