Toxoplasma gondii: Inconsistent dissemination patterns following oral infection in mice

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 302-305

  Boyle, Jon P ^a   Saeij, Jeroen P J ^a   Boothroyd, John C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence imaging; Gavage; Luciferase; Oral infection; Toxoplasma gondii; Virulence

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BRADYZOITE; BRAIN CYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; MOUSE; MOUTH INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE MIGRATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITE VIABILITY; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EATING; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INTESTINES; LYMPH NODES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NECK; RESEARCH DESIGN; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

MUS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 34248229691     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2007.01.010     Document Type: Article

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