Increasing of Toxoplasma gondii (Coccidia, Sarcocystidae) infections by Trypanosoma lewisi (Kinetoplastida, Trypanosomatidae) in white rats

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 877-882

  Guerrero, Olga M ^a   Chinchilla, Misael ^a   Abrahams, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Rats; Toxoplasma gondii; Trypanosoma lewisi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TRYPANOSOMA LEWISI; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TRYPANOSOMA LEWISI;

EID: 0031150984     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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