Table 1 Overview of the distribution of Toxoplasma gondii isolates and genotypes in Brazil

TgCkBr107–116, TgCkBr141–145

#6, #7, #25, #28, #29, #30, #70, #77, #96, #105

Nested PCR

11 Non-archetypal

Free-range chickens

Pará

[121]

TgCkBr146–164, TgOvBrRS1–4, TgPkSMBra

#1, #2, #10, #14, #17, #26, #27, #76, #87, #270, #301

Nested PCR, PCR–RFLP

1 Archetypal (II),

11 non-archetypal

Free-range chickens,

sheep, pork

Rio Grande do Sul

[121,122,123]

TgCatBr38–62; TgCatBr64–84; TgCpBr1–36; TgOvBr1–13; TgShBr1–4; TgShBr16–15; TgGtBr1–7, 9–12

#1–#20, #111, #171, #307

Nested PCR;

PCR–RFLP

2 Archetypal (II);

49 non-archetypal;

4 mixed

Cats, capybaras, sheep

São Paulo

[22,23,24, 124]

TgCkBr210–233, TgCatBrPE01–02

#2, #3, #59, #60, #61, #62, #146

PCR–RFLP

2 Archetypal (II and III),

5 non-archetypal

Free-range chickens,

wild cats

Fernando de Noronha Island

[125, 126]

TgCkBr188–209

#16, #30, #32, #44, #60, #94–#98

PCR–RFLP

10 Non-archetypal,

1 mixed

Free-range chickens

Mato Grosso do Sul

[127]

TgPgBr06–16, TgShBr54, TgShBr124, TgShBr127, TgCkBr284–308, TgCatBr85–89

#1–#10, #13, #36, #122, #235

Nested PCR, PCR–RFLP

14 Non-archetypal,

5 mixed

Pigs,

sheep and free-range chickens, cats

Bahia

[28, 128,129,130]

TgCTBr1–27, TgWildBrMG1–6

#8, #11, #13, #36, #41, #67, #108, #162, #206–#212

PCR–RFLP

18 Non-archetypal,

1 mixed

Humans, wild birds

Minas Gerais

[25, 37]

TgPgBrRN1–5; TgCkBrRN1–13; TgGtBrRN1; TgGtBr8, 10

#1–#16, #109, #116, #163

PCR–RFLP

8 Non-archetypal

Sheep, goats, pigs and free-range chickens

Rio Grande do Norte

[24, 29]

TgCkBr234–250, TgCkBr252–265, TgCkBr267–274, TgCkBr277–281

#1, #6, #14, #65, #75, #108, #109, #162, #206, #213–#215

PCR–RFLP

11 Non-archetypal

Free-range chickens

Espírito Santo

[131]

TgCTBral, TgCTBrac, TgCTBrv, TgCtBRca, TgCkBrPr1–18

#6, #19, #21, #111, #152, #166, #175, #248, #251–#253

Nested PCR, PCR–RFLP

12 Non-archetypal

Humans,

free-range chickens

Paraná

[132, 133]

TgHoFBr1, TgMWBr1, TgOncBr1, TgNbaBr1–3, TgCantBr1–3, TgWlpBr1–3, TgSpPBr2, TgLWpBr1, TgSbaBr2

#6, #11, #175, #195, #196, #231–#239, #241, #246

PCR–RFLP

17 Non-archetypal

Wild animals

Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Pernambuco and São Paulo

[134]

TgCkBrMA1–5

#06, #07, #109

PCR–RFLP

4 Non-archetypal

Free-range chickens

Maranhão

[135]

TgPgBRPB3, 8–14, 16–18, 20–24, 26, 27

#8, #13, #109, #114, #116, #203, #272–#277

PCR–RFLP

11 Non-archetypal,

1 mixed

Pigs

Paraíba

[136]

TgPgBrPI1–16, TgGtBrPI1–9

#7, #8, #13, #33, #57, #109, #116, #146, #163, #203

PCR–RFLP

11 Non-archetypal

Pigs and goats

Piauí

[34]

TgCkBrSC1–4

#10, #26, #53, #278

PCR–RFLP

1 Archetypal (I),

3 non-archetypal

Free-range chickens

Santa Catarina

[137]

TgCkAl1–2, TgCTBrAL1

#146, #162, #279

PCR–RFLP

3 Non-archetypal

Free-range chickens, human

Alagoas

[35, 138]

TgDgBrMT1–9, TgCatBrMT1, TgPwBrMT1–2, TgCefBrMT1–3, TgBfcuBrMT1, TgAagBrMT1, TgCpBrMT1–2, TgOceBrMT1, TgRhaBrMT1, TgCantBrMT1, TgMduBrMT1, TgLonloBrMT1, TgSAcoBrMT1, TgCpeBrMT1, TgCkBrMT1–51

#2, #6, #8, #11, #14, #19, #41, #99, #108, #109, #116, #140, #166, #190, #310, #311, #313–#317

PCR–RFLP

1 Archetypal (III),

21 non-archetypal,

6 mixed

Domestic animals, wild animals, humans, free-range chickens

Mato Grosso

[26, 27]

TgCkBrRj2–4, 6, 15, 21, 22, 28; TgCkBr10, 11, 13, 37, 59, 89; TgDgBr6;

TgCatBr1

#6, #8, #11, #36, #51, #63, #65, #107

PCR–RFLP

17 Non-archetypal

Free-range chickens

Rio de Janeiro

[36]

TgCkBrGO1–15

#65

PCR–RFLP

1 Non-archetypal

Free-range chickens

Goiás

[139]