Different manifestations of Toxoplasma gondii infection in F344 and LEW rats

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 137-142

  Kempf, Mirjam Colette ^a   Cesbron Delauw, Marie France ^b   Deslee, Didier ^b   Groß, Uwe ^a   Herrmann, Thomas ^d   Sutton, Philip ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Animal model; Rat; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0032454770     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004300050085     Document Type: Article

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