Toxoplasma gondii in vitro culture for experimentation

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 331-335

  Chatterton, Jean M W ^a   Evans, R ^a   Ashburn, D ^a   Joss, A W L ^a   Ho Yen, D O ^a  

^a RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultivation in vitro; Experimental models; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

DYE;

ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; STORAGE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TIME; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; PARASITOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TOXOPLASMA;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0036828519     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(02)00101-X     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Ashburn D., Evans R., Chatterton J.M.W., Joss A.W.L., Ho-Yen D.O. Toxoplasma dye test using cell culture derived tachyzoites. J. Clin. Pathol. 53:2000;630-633.
2. Ashburn D., Chatterton J.M.W., Evans R., Joss A.W.L., Ho-Yen D.O. Success in the toxoplasma dye test. J. Infect. 42:2001;16-19.
3. Busby D.W.G., House W., MacDonald J.R. Cell culture. Virological Technique. 1964;91-94 Churchill, London.
4. Evans R., Chatterton J.M.W., Ashburn D., Joss A.W.L., Ho-Yen D.O. A cell-culture system for continuous production of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 18:1999;879-884.
5. Fichera M.E., Roos D.S. A plastid organelle as a drug target in apicomplexan parasites. Nature. 390:1997;407-409.
6. Fichera M.E., Bhopale M.K., Roos D.S. In-vitro assays elucidate peculiar kinetics of clindamycin action against Toxoplasma gondii. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 39:1995;1530-1537.
7. Grimwood B.G., Hechemy K., Stevens R.W. Toxoplasma gondii: purification of trophozoites propagated in cell culture. Exp. Parasitol. 48:1979;282-286.
8. Guo Z.-G., Johnson A.M. Genetic characterisation of Toxoplasma gondii strains by random amplified polymorphic DNA polymerase chain reaction. Parasitology. 111:1995;127-132.
9. Hughes H.P.A., Hudson L., Fleck D.G. In-vitro culture of Toxoplasma gondii in primary and established cell lines. Int. J. Parasitol. 16:1986;317-322.
10. Roos D.S., Donald R.G.K., Mourrissette N.S., Moulton A.L.C. Molecular tools for genetic dissection of the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Methods Cell Biol. 45:1994;27-63.
11. Sibley L.D., Boothroyd J.C. Virulent strains of Toxoplasma gondii comprise a single clonal lineage. Nature. 359:1992;82-85.
12. Verhofstede C., Van Gelder P., Rabaey M. The infection stage related IgG response to Toxoplasma gondii studied by immunoblotting. Parasitol. Res. 74:1988;516-520.
13. Williams K.A.B., Scott J.M., MacFarlane D.E., Williamson J.M.W., Elias Jones T.F., Williams H. Congenital toxoplasmosis: a prospective survey in the west of Scotland. J. Infect. 3:1981;219-229.
14. Yahiaoui B., Dzierszinski F., Bernigaud A., Slomianny C., Camus D., Tomavo S. Isolation and characterisation of a subtractive library enriched for developmentally regulated transcripts expressed during encystation of Toxoplasma gondii. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 99:1999;223-235.