Polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Toxoplasma gondii within aqueous humor of experimentally-inoculated cats

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 181-186

  Burney, Derek P ^a   Chavkin, Matthew J ^a   Dow, Steven W ^b   Potter, Terry A ^b   Lappin, Michael R ^a  

^a Department of Clinical Sciences   (United States)

^b NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous humor; Chorioretinitis; DNA; Polymerase chain reaction; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CAT; CHORIORETINITIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHORIORETINITIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FECES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR; UVEITIS;

EID: 0031782174     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00172-1     Document Type: Article

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