Virulence for BALB/c mice and antigenic diversity of eight Toxoplasma gondii strains isolated from animals and humans in Brazil

Parasite

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 99-105

  Ferreira, A M ^a   Martins, M S ^a   Vitor, R W A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Strain; Toxoplasma gondii; Virulence; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAZIL; CYST; DOG; GOAT; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RABBIT; SHEEP; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY DIVERSITY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAZIL; CYSTS; DOGS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GOATS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RABBITS; SHEEP; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0035375467     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2001082099     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. APPLEFORD P.J. & Smith J.E. Strain and stage specific variation in Toxoplasma gondii antigens. International Journal for Parasitology, 2000, 30, 1187-1191.
2. ARMITAGE P. & BERRY G. Statistical Methods in Medical Research. Blackwell Science, Oxford, 1994, 620.
3. BOHNE W., Gross U. & Heesemann J. Differentiation between mouse-virulent and -avirulent strains of Toxoplasma gondii by a monoclonal antibody recognizing a 27-kDa antigen. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1993, 31, 1641-1643.
4. CAMARGO M.E. Estudo comparativo entre as reações de Sabin-Feldman e de imunofluorescência indireta, para a toxoplasmose, em 1000 soros humanos. Comportamento anômalo de alguns soros. Revista do Instituto Adolfo Lutz, 1964, 24, 1-26.
5. CASTRO F.C. Correlação do diagnóstico pós-natal da toxoplasmose congênita com a reação em cadeia da polimerase no liquido amniótico, inoculação em camundongo e achados anatomopatológicos da placenta. Thesis, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1999, 89.
6. CAZABONE P., BESSIERES M.H. & SEGUELA J.P. Kinetics study and characterization of target excreted/secreted antigens of immunoglobulin G, M, A and E antibodies from mice infected with different strains of Toxoplasma gondii. Parasitology Research, 1994, 80, 58-63.
7. CHIARI C.A., LIMA J.D. & ANTUNES C.M.F. Reações de imunofluorescência indireta e de Sabin-Feldman na pesquisa de anticorpos anti-T. gondii em soros de caprinos. Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 1985, 37, 121-129.
8. CRISTINA N., DARDÉ M.L., BOUDIN C., TAVERNIER G., PESTRE-ALEXANDRE M. & AMBROISE-THOMAS P. A DNA fingerprinting method for individual characterization of Toxoplasma gondii strains: combination with isoenzymatic characters for determination of linkage groups. Parasitology Research, 1995, 81, 32-37.
9. DARDÉ M.L., BOUTEILLE B. & PESTRE-ALEXANDRE M. Isoenzyme analysis of 35 Toxoplasma gondii isolates and the biological and epidemiological implications. Journal of Parasitology, 1992, 78, 786-794.
10. DEANE M.P.S., SOGORB F., JAMRA L. F. & GUIMARÃES E.C. On the gametogonic cycle of T. gondii. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1971, 13, 110-113.
11. DUBEY J.P. & BEATTIE C.P. Toxoplasmosis of Animals and Man. CRC Press, Inc. Boca Raton, Florida, 1988, 220.
12. DUBEY J.P. & FRENKEL J.K. Experimental toxoplasma infection in mice with strains producing oocysts. Journal of Parasitology, 1973, 59, 505-512.
13. ELSAID M.M.A., VITOR R.W.A., FRÉZARD F.J.C. & MARTINS M.S. Protection against toxoplasmosis in mice immunized with different antigens of Toxoplasma gondii incorporated into liposomes. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1999, 94, 485-490.
14. GROSS U., MULLER W.A., KNAPP S. & HEESEMANN J. Identification of a virulence-associated antigen of Toxoplasma gondii by use of a mouse monoclonal antibody. Infection and Immunity, 1991, 59, 4511-4516.
15. Guo Z.G. & Johnson A.M. Genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii strains by random amplified polymorphic DNA polymerase chain reaction. Parasitology, 1995, 111, 127-132.
16. Guo Z.G., Gross U. & Johnson A.M. Toxoplasma gondii virulence markers identified by random amplified polymorphic DNA polymerase chain reaction. Parasitology Research, 1997, 83, 458-463.
17. Howe D.K. & Sibley L.D. Toxoplasma gondii comprises three clonal lineages: correlation of parasite genotype with human disease. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1995, 172, 1561-1566.
18. Howe D.K., Summers B.C. & Sibley L.D. Acute virulence in mice is associated with markers on chromossome VIII in Toxoplasma gondii. Infection and Immunity. 1996, 64, 5193-5198.
19. Jacobs L. & Melton M.L. Modification in virulence of a strain of Toxoplasma gondii by passage in various hosts. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1954, 3, 447-457.
20. Jamra L.M.F. & Vieira M.P.L. Isolamento do Toxoplasma gondii de exsudato peritoneal e órgàos de camundongos com infecção experimental. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1991, 33, 435-441.
21. LITERÁK I., RYCHLÍK I., SVOBODOVÁ V. & POSPÍSIL Z. Restriction fragment lenght polymorphism and virulence of Czech Toxoplasma gondii strains. International Journal for Parasitology, 1998, 28, 1367-1374.
22. LUFT B.J. & REMINGTON J.S. Aids commentary: toxoplasmic encephalitis. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1988, 757, 1-6.
23. LUFT B.J. & REMINGTON J.S. Toxoplasmic encephalitis in AIDS. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1992, 15, 211-222.
24. NÓBREGA P., TRAPP E. & Giovannoni M. Toxoplasmose epizótica em coelhos. I. Ação da sulfadiazin. Ciência e Cultura, 1952, 4, 134-135.
25. SABIN A.B. Toxoplasmic encephalitis in children. Journal of the American Medical Association, 1941, 116, 801-807.
26. SIBLEY L.D., MORDUE D. & HOWE D.K. Experimental approaches to understand virulence in toxoplasmosis. Immunobiology, 1999, 201, 210-224.
27. SUZUKI Y., CONLEY F.K. & REMINGTON J.S. Differences in virulence and development of encephalitis during chronic infection vary with the strain of Toxoplasma gondii. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1989, 159, 790-794.
28. VITOR R.W.A., FERREIRA A.M. & FUX B. Antibody response in goats experimentally infected with Toxoplasma gondii. Veterinary Parasitology, 1999, 81, 259-263.
29. WARE P.L. & KASPER L.H. Strain-specific antigens of Toxoplasma gondii. Infection and Immunity, 1987, 55, 778-783.
30. WEISS L.M., UDEM A.S., TANOWITZ H. & WITTNER M. Western blot analysis of the antibody response of patients with AIDS and toxoplasma encephalitis: antigenic diversity among Toxoplasma strains. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1988, 157, 7-13.