The stage-conversion time of Toxoplasma gondii: Interpretation of chemical-biologic data out of parasitologic or host context

Parasitology Research

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 656-658

  Frenkel, J K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CYST; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ARTIFACTS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; TIME FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0029834483     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050180     Document Type: Article

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