Toxoplasma gondii: Protection against colonization of the brain and muscles in a rat model

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 252-255

  Freyre, A ^a   Falcon J ^a   Mendez, J ^b   Gonzalez, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Brain and muscles; Protection; Rat model; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

TOXOPLASMA GONDII ME49 VACCINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII VACCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; EUTHANASIA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MOUSE; MYOSITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SURVIVAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMA GONDII M 7741; TOXOPLASMA GONDII ME49; VACCINE PRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAIN; HINDLIMB; MICE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SHEEP; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 42749083008     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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