Host cell invasion by the opportunistic pathogen Toxoplasma gondii

Acta Tropica

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 111-122

  Carruthers, Vern B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Attachment; Intracellular; Micronemes; Toxoplasma; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

PROTOZOAN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADHESION; APICOMPLEXA; CELL INVASION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SURFACE; CELL TYPE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CYTOLYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST CELL; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; TARGET CELL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VERTEBRATE; VIRUS STRAIN;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

APICOMPLEXA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036155839     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(01)00201-7     Document Type: Review

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