Toxoplasma gondii: Kinetics of the dissemination in the host tissues during the acute phase of infection of mice and rats

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 86-94

  Zenner, Lionel ^a,c   Darcy, Françoise ^b   Capron, Andre ^a   Cesbron Delauw, Marie France ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c C D T A Centre de Developpement de Techniques Avancees pour l'Experimentation Animale   (France)

Author keywords

Acute phase; Mouse; Rat; Tissue dissemination; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0031752454     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1998.4301     Document Type: Article

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