Kinetics in parasite abundance in susceptible and resistant mice infected with an avirulent strain of Toxoplasma gondii by using quantitative competitive PCR

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1070-1074

  Luo, Wentian ^a   Aosai, Fumie ^a   Ueda, Masakatsu ^a,b   Yamashita, Keizo ^a,b   Shimizu, Kumiko ^a   Sekiya, Suoei ^a   Yano, Akihiko ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; INFECTION RISK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BRAIN; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; KINETICS; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MESENTERY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0031456240     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284364     Document Type: Article

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