The relationship between nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase (NTPase) isoform and Toxoplasma strain virulence in rat and human toxoplasmosis

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 797-806

  Johnson, Michael ^a   Broady, Kevin ^a   Angelici, Maria Cristina ^b   Johnson, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

ELISA; Human; Rat; Toxoplasma; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE HYDROLASEI; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE HYDROLASEII; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROLOGY; SERUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0038353220     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(03)00148-5     Document Type: Article

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