Fetal Toxoplasma infection after oocyst inoculation of pregnant rats

Parasitology Research

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 352-353

  Freyre, A ^a,b   Falcon J ^a   Mendez, J ^b   Gonzalez M ^b   Venzal, J M ^a   Morgades, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b Lab Carbohidratos y Glicoconjugados   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATHOGENICITY; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 0037350591     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-002-0759-4     Document Type: Article

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