Mycotoxin T-2 and aflatoxin B1 as immunosuppressors in mice chronically infected with Toxoplasma gondii

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 229-237

  Venturini, M C ^a   Quiroga, M A ^a   Risso, M A ^a   Di Lorenzo, C ^a   Omata, Y ^a   Venturini, L ^a   Godoy, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; T 2 TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTOXICATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0029970756     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9975(96)80081-8     Document Type: Article

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