Ocular toxoplasmosis in mice: Comparison of two routes of infection

Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 303-307

  Tedesco, R C ^a,b   Smith, R L ^b   Corte Real, S ^a   Calabrese, K S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Instillation; Intravitreal; Mouse model; Ocular toxoplasmosis; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIA; INFECTION; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RETINA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 24644479728     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200500781X     Document Type: Article

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