Toxoplasma gondii: Effect of maternal infection in the development of lymphoid organs of BALB/c neonates

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 279-287

  Cabañas Cortés, María Asunción ^a   Reyes Maldonado, Elba ^a   Montiel Cervantes, Laura ^a,b   Domínguez López, María Lilia ^a   Jiménez Zamudio, Luis ^a   García Latorre, Ethel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Maternal infection; Neonates; Thymus; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MATERNAL DISEASE; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MARROW; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; THYMUS GLAND; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 59849106497     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.11.015     Document Type: Article

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