Use of molecular and ultrastructural markers to evaluate stage conversion of Toxoplasma gondii in both the intermediate and definitive host

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 347-360

  Ferguson, D J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bradyzoite; Coccidian stages; Electron microscopy; Immunocytochemistry; Stage conversion; Tachyzoite; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

BRADYZOITE ANTIGEN 1; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ENOLASE ISOENZYME 2; ISOENZYME; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN; SURFACE ANTIGEN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BRADYZOITE; BRAIN INFECTION; CAT; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE CELL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SMALL INTESTINE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CATS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTESTINE, SMALL; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LUNG; MICE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; COCCIDIA; FELIS CATUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 1542345726     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2003.11.024     Document Type: Article

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