Acute virulence in mice is associated with markers on chromosome VIII in Toxoplasma gondii

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 5193-5198

  Howe, Daniel K ^a   Summers, Brett C ^a   David Sibley, L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0029852307     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.12.5193-5198.1996     Document Type: Article

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