Comparative infectivity of Toxoplasma gondii bradyzoites in rats and mice

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1279-1282

  Dubey, J P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INOCULATION; LIFE CYCLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITOSIS; RAT; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; LUNG; MICE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RODENT DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0032444220     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284691     Document Type: Article

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