Parasite load in pregnant mice infected by Toxoplasma gondii assayed by quantitative competitive-PCR

Parasitology International

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-147

  Na, He ^a,b   Aosai, Fumie ^a   Luo, Wen Tian ^a   Ueda, Masakatsu ^b   Yang, Tian Hui ^a   Yamashita, Keizo ^b   Sekiya, Souei ^a   Yano, Akihiko ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Placenta; Quantitative competitive PCR; Toxoplastna gondii

Indexed keywords

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0001323202     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5769(97)00021-4     Document Type: Article

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