Detection of Toxoplasma gondii tissues of sheep orally challenged with different doses of oocysts

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1459-1466

  Esteban Redondo, I ^a   Innes, E A ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Oocysts; PCR; Sheep; Tissue cyst; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HEART MUSCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITOSIS; SHEEP; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TECHNIQUE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CATS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TIME FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0031864340     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(98)00116-7     Document Type: Article

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