Redescription of Hammondia hammondi and its differentiation from Toxoplasma gondii

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1437-1453

  Dubey, J P ^a   Sreekumar, C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bradyzoites; Cats; Hammondia hammondi; Life cycle; Oocysts; Sporozoites; Tachyzoites; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

LIFE CYCLE; PARASITE; PROTOZOAN; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; HAMMONDIA HAMMONDI; INFORMATION CENTER; INTESTINE INFECTION; LIFE CYCLE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MOUSE STRAIN; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOZOON; SMALL INTESTINE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALIA; COCCIDIA; FELIS CATUS; HAMMONDIA HAMMONDI; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0142186360     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(03)00141-3     Document Type: Article

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