Localized recrudescence of Toxoplasma infections in the central nervous system of immunocompromised mice assessed by in vivo bioluminescence imaging

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1291-1298

  Dellacasa Lindberg, Isabel ^a,b   Hitziger, Niclas ^a,b   Barragan, Antonio ^a,b  

^a Tumor and Cell Biology   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Animal disease models; Bioluminescent proteins; Blood brain barrier; Cell migration; Central nervous system parasitic infections; MeSH

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL INFILTRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INTERFERON TYPE II; LEUKOCYTES; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PARIETAL LOBE; RECEPTORS, INTERFERON; RECURRENCE; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; MUS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 35148896407     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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