Ultrastructure of early stages of infections in mice fed Toxoplasma gondii oocysts

Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-42

  Speer, C A ^a   Dubey, J P ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mice; Oocysts; Sporozoites; Tachyzoites; Toxoplasma gondii; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; LAMINA PROPRIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FECES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; TIME FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0031913427     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182097001959     Document Type: Article

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