Detection of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites and bradyzoites in blood, urine, and brains of infected mice

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 635-639

  Nguyen, T D ^a   De Kesel, M ^b   Bigaignon, G ^a   Hoet, P ^b   Pazzaglia, G ^c   Lammens, M ^c   Delmee, M ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c Sorin Biomedica   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URINE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0029955436     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.3.6.635-639.1996     Document Type: Article

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