Toxoplasmosis in rats (Rattus norvegicus): Congenital transmission to first and second generation offspring and isolation of Toxoplasma gondii from seronegative rats

Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-14

  Dubey, J P ^a   Shen, S K ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Thulliez, P ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Institut de Puericulture   (France)

Author keywords

Congenital transmission; Rat; Rattus norvegicus; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0030748421     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182097008950     Document Type: Article

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