Stage conversion ofToxoplasma gondii in mouse brain during infection and immunodepression

Parasitology Research

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 28-31

  Odaert, H ^a   Soete M ^a   Fortier, B ^a   Camus, D ^a   Dubremetz, J F ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Bradyzoite Differentiation; Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate; Mouse Brain; Stage Conversion; Toxoplasmic Encephalitis

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0029655974     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03035408     Document Type: Article

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