genotyping in AIDS patients using high resolution melt analysis (HRM analysis) in Khuzestan province, southwest Iran.

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic zoonotic disease caused by , a common protozoan in the Apicomplexa phylum. Several studies in Iran have demonstrated the presence of the parasite in various hosts, but no data on genotyping in HIV patients in Khuzestan, Southwest Iran, is available. One hundred of blood samples from AIDS patients were collected and tested by real-time PCR High Resolution Melting analyses for detection and genotyping. was discovered in 8 out of 100 (8%) AIDS patients with dominant Type I. This study suggest that HRM method demonstrated excellent discriminating ability for , and AIDS patients should be tested for detection and genotyping to prevent parasite pathogenicity.