Detection of Toxoplasma gondii parasitemia in experimentally inoculated cats

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 947-951

  Burney, Derek P ^a,b   Lappin, Michael R ^a   Spilker, Melissa ^a   Mcreynolds, Lisa ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CAT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITEMIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MICE; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0032744404     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285833     Document Type: Article

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