Infectivity of feline enteroepithelial stages of Toxoplasma gondii isolated by Percoll-density gradient centrifugation

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 211-215

  Omata, Yoshitaka ^a   Kawano, Tomomi ^a   Ohsawa, Tamako ^a   Sugaya, Sachiyo ^a   Satake, Maki ^a   Isamida, Tsuya ^a   Koyama, Tomohiro ^a   Taka, Ayako ^a   Miyazawa, Kiyoshi ^a   Takagi, Mitsuhiro ^a   Saito, Atsushi ^a   Toyoda, Yutaka ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Feline enteroepithelial stage parasites; Infectivity; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION RATE; LIFE CYCLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; TECHNIQUE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TRYPAN BLUE;

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0033004395     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00019-9     Document Type: Article

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