Re-examination of resistance of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites and bradyzoites to pepsin and trypsin digestion

Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-50

  Dubey, J P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bradyzoites; Pepsin; Resistance; Tachyzoites; Toxoplasma gondii; Trypsin

Indexed keywords

PANCREAS ENZYME; PEPSIN A; TRYPSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; LIFE CYCLE; LUNG; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM EXUDATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ASCITIC FLUID; BRAIN; CATS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LUNG; MICE; PEPSIN A; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TRYPSIN;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0031935948     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182097001935     Document Type: Article

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