Infection of white rat peritoneal macrophages with Toxoplasma gondii, (Coccidia: Sarcocystidae) after Trypanosoma lewisi (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) infection

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 483-488

  Catarinella, Gabriela ^a   Chinchilla, Misael ^b   Guerrero, Olga M ^b   Castro, Alfredo ^b  

^a Inst Acueductos y Alcantarillados   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Inmunosuppression; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis; Wistar white rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; PARASITOLOGY; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA LEWISI; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA LEWISI;

EID: 0033186051     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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