Pathogenicity and infectivity of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts for rats

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 951-956

  Dubey, J P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEART; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; INTESTINES; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MESENTERY; MICE; NECROSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TONGUE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

INFECTIVITY; OOCYST; PATHOGENICITY; RAT; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

RATTUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0030301888     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284205     Document Type: Article

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