A study of virulence parameters for Toxoplasma gondii infections in mice

Parasitology Research

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 382-387

  Jensen, L ^a   Heegaard, P M H ^a   Lind, P ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAPTOGLOBIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INOCULATION; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HAPTOGLOBINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; TIME FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VIRULENCE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0031958203     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050414     Document Type: Article

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