Molecular detection and phylogenetic analyses of from naturally infected sheep in Northern and Central Tunisia.

Toxoplasmosis is a worldwide zoonosis caused by the parasitic protozoan . It can infect all warm-blooded vertebrate species and causes abortions and birth defects in pregnant women and pregnant ewes. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of infection with in sheep meat in the region of Sidi Bouzid (central Tunisia) and Beja (northern Tunisia), the realization of a descriptive study of risk factors and the phylogenetic analyses of .