Bioluminescence imaging of Toxoplasma gondii infection in living mice reveals dramatic differences between strains

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 695-702

  Saeij, Jeroen P J ^a   Boyle, Jon P ^a   Grigg, Michael E ^a,b   Arrizabalaga, Gustavo ^a,c   Boothroyd, John C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; LUCIFERASE; LUCIFERIN;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOLUMINESCENCE IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEAD; IMAGING; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MOUSE; NECK; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL DETECTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMA GONDII S22 LUC2; TOXOPLASMA GONDII S23 LUC7; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENES, REPORTER; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MICE; SULFADIAZINE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 12844263594     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.2.695-702.2005     Document Type: Article

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