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

Table 3 Genetic characterization of T. gondii from DNA isolated from tissues of marsupials

Host	No	Country	Location	Tissues	Method	Genotype ToxoDB or sequencing	References
Agile wallaby (Macropus agilis)	1	USA	Florida	H, Lu	10 PCR-RFLP markers	#263	[5]
Bennett’s wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)	1	Spain	Northeast	B	15 Microsatellites markers	Atypical	[7]
Bennett’s wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)	1	USA	Florida	H, Lu	10 PCR-RFLP markers	#2	[5]
Bennett’s wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)	9	USA	Virginia	Li, Lu, S	10 PCR-RFLP markers	#263 in 6, #4 in 3	[8]
Common wallaroo (Macropus robustus)	5	Australia	WA	H, Lu, Li, S, D	B1, SAG2, SAG3	n/a	[31]
Red kangaroo (Macropus rufus)	6	Australia	WA	H, Lu, Li, S, D	B1, SAG2, SAG3	n/a	[31]
Red kangaroo (Macropus rufus)	8	USA	Florida	H, Lu	10 PCR-RFLP markers	#4 in 3, #216 in 2	[5]
Tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)	1	USA	Florida	H, Lu	10 PCR-RFLP markers	#216	[5]
Western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus)	8	Australia	WA	B, T, H	B1, SAG3, GRA6	n/a	[30]
Western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus)	5	Australia	WA	H, Lu, Li, S, D	B1, SAG2, SAG3	n/a	[31]

B brain, D diaphragm, H heart, Li liver, Lu lung, S spleen, T tongue, RFLP restriction fragment length polymorphism, n/a not applicable, WA Western Australia

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