Acquired and Congenital Ocular Toxoplasmosis Experimentally Induced in Calomys callosus (Rodentia, Cricetidae)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 103-114

  Pereira, Maria De Fátima ^a   Silva, Deise Aparecida Oliveira ^a   Ferro, Eloisa Amália Vieira ^a   Mineo, José Roberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acquired and congenital ocular toxoplasmosis; Calomys callosus; S antigen; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CALOMYS CALLOSUS; CRICETINAE; RODENTIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PREGNANCY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UVEITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ARVICOLINAE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR; UVEITIS;

EID: 0032605382     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761999000100021     Document Type: Article

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