Susceptibilidad de la rata Sigmodon hispidus (Rodentia: Cricetidae) al Toxoplasma gondii (Eucoccidia: Sarcocystidae)

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 265-268

  Misael Chinchilla, C ^a   Olga Marta Guerrero, B ^a   Liliana Reyes, L ^a   Abrahams, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Cotton rat; Natural resistance; Sigmodon hispidus; Toxoplasma; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HAMSTER; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SIGMODONTINAE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGMODONTINAE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030116729     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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