History of the discovery of the life cycle of Toxoplasma gondii

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 877-882

  Dubey, J P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animals; Cats; Humans; Life cycle; Oocysts; Toxoplasma gondi

Indexed keywords

FELID; HOMINID; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAN;

CARNIVORE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LIFE CYCLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; CAT; CAT DISEASES; EPIDEMIC; FECES; FELIDAE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PIG; RODENT DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE DISEASE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FELIDAE; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICE; OOCYSTS; RODENT DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; COCCIDIA; FELIDAE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 67349215111     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.01.005     Document Type: Review

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