In vitro multiplication of Toxoplasma gondii and Trypanosoma cruzi in mouse, rat, and hamster astrocytes

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 639-645

  Troyo, Adriana ^a   Chinchilla, Misael ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Cell culture; Hamster; Mouse; Rat; Toxoplasma gondii; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAMSTER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TIME; TOXOPLASMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CRICETINAE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 1842833403     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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