Toxoplasma gondii: Uptake and survival of oocysts in free-living amoebae

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 124-131

  Winiecka Krusnell, Jadwiga ^a   Dellacasa Lindberg, Isabel ^a,b   Dubey, J P ^c   Barragan, Antonio ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba spp.; Apicomplexa; Free living amoebae; Protozoa; Toxoplasma gondii; Transmission of Toxoplasma infection; Waterborne infections

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TROPHOZOITE;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CATS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DISEASE VECTORS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSPHERES; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VACUOLES;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; APICOMPLEXA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; MUS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 57949095791     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.09.022     Document Type: Article

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