Toxoplasma gondii: Cross-immunity against the enteric cycle

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-52

  Freyre, A ^a,b   Falcon J ^a   Mendez J ^b   Gastell, T ^a   Venzal, J M ^a  

^a Department for Parasitology   (Uruguay)

^b Laboratory for Parasitology   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Cross immunity; Enteric cycle; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFAMERAZINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BIOASSAY; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CROSS REACTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINES; MALE; MICE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33751197490     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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