| western australian marsupials are multiply infected with genetically diverse strains of toxoplasma gondii. | five different organs from 16 asymptomatic free-ranging marsupial macropods (macropus rufus, m. fuliginosus, and m. robustus) from inland western australia were tested for infection with toxoplasma gondii by multi-locus pcr-dna sequencing. all macropods were infected with t. gondii, and 13 had parasite dna in at least 2 organs. in total, 45 distinct t. gondii genotypes were detected. fourteen of the 16 macropods were multiply infected with genetically distinct t. gondii genotypes that often part ... | 2012 | 23028812 |